Luntai and Jinman counties are located on both sides of the Baishui Stream, and the army was stationed in Luntai County to rest for three days, and soon to the east reached the Baishui Stream.

This ancient road connects the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, connecting the north and middle roads of the Silk Road, which is an extremely important road in Anxi. At this time, the ancient road was extremely lively, and a large number of Xinghu merchants were in an endless stream, transferring all kinds of materials in the direction of Jinman County in the east. Most of the caravans had the marks of the Ma family trading house on them, and the goods on horseback knew at a glance that they were materials prepared for this northern expedition.

The merchants along the way cheered loudly when they saw Ma Lan's army. They all relied on the Ma family firm to make a fortune, and Ma Lan was also half of their master, and they were extremely happy to see Ma Lan's banner.

This northern expedition, mainly rely on Xinghu merchants to transport materials, for them, it is also a rare opportunity to make a fortune, the Anxi army has the credibility of the capital behind the endorsement, in recent years has proved that the business of the Anxi army is the most profitable. It was precisely by relying on these Xinghu merchants that the Anxi army was able to get rid of the burden of transshipment, and Changxingfang is now only responsible for the transportation of key items such as crossbow arrows, gunpowder, fire and thunder, and all the rest of the materials are transported by merchants through the green mountain to supply the west of the green mountain.

After crossing the Baishui Stream to the west, a few days later they arrived at the territory of Jinman County, Jinman County is the seat of Tingzhou Prefecture, after the Han Navy slaughtered the Fugu tribe, the whole army has withdrawn back, and followed Du Huaiguang and Li Qiyun to meet Ma Lu, only a cavalry. Du Huaiguang and Li Qiyun both thought that they were Ma Lan's private individuals, and they couldn't get used to Yang Guozhong's arrogance in Tingzhou, so they left Tingzhou to go to Luntai to meet Ma Lan.

Along the way, Du Huaiguang and Li Qiyun have reported very clearly, now near Tingzhou, there are already large armies, the three main forces of the Beiting Army have gathered, the Tianshan Army stationed in Xizhou and the main force of the Yiwu Army stationed in Ganluchuan, Yizhou have arrived, the Han Army of the Four Towns is not ready to use this time, but the three thousand new troops trained by Feng Changqing have also arrived.

The Han people in Tingzhou all lived in the city, and the grasslands outside the city were all small Turkic tribes that returned to Shun, and these tribes sent a total of 20,000 troops. In addition, the Shatuo people who are close to Jinshan nomadic in the north of Tingzhou also sent 10,000 troops this time, and they are all stationed outside Tingzhou City at present.

In addition, Yang Guozhong came to Tingzhou this time, and also drew 5,000 elite soldiers from the Shuofang army to follow around. Now it is also stationed in Tingzhou City. The entire Tingzhou now has gathered nearly 100,000 troops, all waiting for the return of Ma Lan's army, and they will cross Jinshan and go straight to Mobei.

The scouts scattered for nearly a hundred miles, and the news of the arrival of Ma Lan's army had already spread to Tingzhou City. Close to the city of Tingzhou, there were camps of the Tang army and Turks everywhere. The military envoys of the Tianshan Mountains and the envoys of the Han Navy all came to visit the commander Ma Luan. The leaders of the Western Turkic tribes who came to help in the war also came to meet him.

Ma Lan comforted everyone all the way, led the troops to the city of Tingzhou, just outside the city gate, there were dozens of horsemen rushed out from the city gate, led by a captain holding the command flag and said loudly: "Hokkaido marching chief Yang Gong military order!" The deputy commander of the Hokkaido march, Ma Lan, set up camp outside the city, and Ma Lan immediately entered the city to discuss matters! ”

When Ma Lu heard this, his face immediately changed, and he looked back at Du Huaiguang. Du Huaiguang smiled bitterly and said: "General, the military camp of the Han Navy was originally in Tingzhou City, after Yang Guozhong came. and drove us out. Now in the city, it is the 5,000 Shuo Fang army led by him, and the 3,000 Anxi new army led by Miss Gao. Seeing what he meant, he really wanted to pull the three thousand Anxi new troops over. ”

Ma Lan nodded.

"Such a big event, why didn't you say it earlier!" Duan Xiushi frowned and said.

Du Huaiguang smiled bitterly: "After all, he is the prime minister of the dynasty and the general manager of this march, he asked us to go out of the city and camp, so naturally we can only go out of the city." I didn't say it before, because I was afraid that it would affect the general's mood......"

"I don't know now that it affects the general's mood more? What a mess! Duan Xiushi blamed. He looked at Ma Lu again, "General, let us camp outside the city, let's camp outside the city!" Shuo Fangjun is also a son of the Han family. They are all going to fight the barbarians, and they don't care about these things. ”

"It has always been the guest who follows the host, how can there be a reason to be anti-guest-oriented? Yang Guozhong is going to give me a horse, how can a certain family eat him! Ma Ling snorted coldly, his face extremely gloomy.

He never intended to listen to Yang Guozhong's command, Yang Guozhong wanted him to be soft. How can it be? This northern expedition is related to the fortune of the Tang Dynasty, he only trusts himself and his subordinates, and no one else will pay attention to it.

Turning his head to look at the young lieutenant, Ma Ling said coldly: "Boy, get out of the way!" ”

"The commander of the Hokkaido March, Yang Gongjun! ——”

Without waiting for the captain to finish speaking, Ma Lan's face showed impatience, and he turned around and shouted, "Li Hui! Fonda! Storm the city! ”

"Yes! Checkmate! ”

The two captains shouted in unison, and with their chests and bellies, they led two regiments of cavalry out of the crowd, lined up in a neat formation at the city gate, and at the same time took off the huge Mo sword from the saddle.

The Shuofang cavalry behind the captain was in a commotion, and the captain's face turned slightly pale, and he mustered up the courage to hold the order flag and shouted: "Yang Gongjun's order is here, who dares to make a mistake?" ”

"Little lady raised, get out of the way!" Li Hui sneered, urging the war horse to rush forward, the six hundred cavalry accelerated at the same time, and the huge Mo knife pointed diagonally forward, rushing straight towards the dozens of Shuofang cavalry.

Six hundred people accelerated and approached, all carrying huge Mo knives in their hands, and the Shuofang cavalry had never seen such a posture, and they were frightened one by one.

These two regiments of cavalry have followed Ma Xuan for several years, I don't know how many people they have killed, all of them are like fierce gods and evil spirits, they have their own iron and blood, and the war horses do not slow down at all when they arrive at the city gate, as if these dozens of cavalry do not exist. Behind the captain, dozens of cavalrymen shouted, turned their horses' heads in embarrassment, and rushed towards the city.

The captain's face turned pale, he gritted his teeth and drew a horizontal knife from his waist, stood alone at the gate of the city, and rushed towards Li Hui's side. He came to deliver military orders, and now that military orders are being ignored, it will be a death to go back.

Li Hui let out a long laugh, and suddenly swung out the Mo knife with one hand, and the knife slapped heavily on the captain's body, and immediately smashed the captain and flew out, this time he didn't know how many ribs were broken, and he fell to the edge of the city gate and vomited blood. Li Hui Fangda also ignored him, and six hundred cavalry roared past in formation, rushing into the city gate like a whirlwind.

Ma Ling led the army towards the city gate, walked to the city gate and stopped, looked at the young captain with a withered expression and said, "You did the right thing, you don't need to go back to the Shuofang army, just stay in the Beiting army!" ”

Du Huaiguang ordered two people to dismount and set up this captain, and a military doctor stepped forward to check his injuries, and Ma Lan no longer paid attention to this kid, and led the army into Jinmancheng before.

Jinmancheng is the largest city in Tingzhou within a radius of several miles, and is divided into two parts: the outer city and the inner city. Most of the places in the outer city are the barracks of the Han Navy, and now stationed here are the Shuofang army brought by Yang Guozhong and the 3,000 Anxi new army brought by Gao Qianqian from Qiuzi.

The area of the military camp here is very large, and after the expansion of the Han Navy, there were 20,000 people, all of whom could be stationed in the barracks. The two regiments of cavalry opened the way in front, and Ma Lu took 5,000 new troops and some of the Han naval cavalry led by Du Huaiguang directly to the barracks and settled down in the camp.

Yang Guozhong was in the inner city, waiting for him to visit, but Ma Ling didn't pay attention to him at all, and went to find Gao Qianqian first, and merged the two parts of the Anxi New Army into one.

Gao Qianqian saw Kang Xiaoyu, who was following Ma Luan, and her expression was quite indifferent. She had always known Ma Lan's temperament, and although she had never had a woman on the march, she was not unacceptable.

Seeing this woman who swore to be with her for the rest of her life, Ma Lan suddenly felt extremely guilty in her heart. She had given him so much that he had given her nothing but a promise.

The last time we met, we were in Qiuzi before going to the river. It was the early spring of the thirteenth year of Tianbao, and it had been two years since then.

Two years have passed, Gao Qianqian is still so thin, but she is half a head taller. The whole person looks extremely capable, but there is a trace of tiredness in his expression.

It's been more than four years since the Battle of Talas, and this girl is almost in her teens. It can be said that there are very few ladies who have not yet married at this age. Looking at this affectionate and beautiful girl, Ma Lu was really ashamed.

It is most difficult to live up to the beauty, just because of his promise, her best years have passed year by year. However, in her eyes, all she could see was affection, but there was not the slightest reproach.

"Brother Ma Luan, knowing that he was going to return to the north, Master Li Xiu stopped all research and development and spent all his time building the Yuanrong crossbow. Master Li Xiu was not in good health, and he vomited blood several times for this matter. This time, I brought these 3,000 people, all of whom were equipped with Yuanrong crossbows, and more than 2,000 Yuanrong crossbows, all of whom were also brought. The arrows are also enough, the main thing in the past few months is to cast arrows, the money given by Dr. Feng is not enough at all, our family is making up for it, Brother Ma Lan, my money is almost gone, it can't go on like this, our family has been in vain in the past few years. ”

"Girl, it's hard work." Ma Ling sighed lightly and patted Gao Qianqian's little brain.

Gao Qianqian wrinkled her little nose and wanted to say something, but she slowly snuggled into Ma Lan's arms: "Brother Ma Lan, I'm so tired!" ”

Ma Luan's heart was slightly sour, looking at the few conspicuous white hairs in Gao Qianqian's green silk, and he also had mixed feelings for a while.

Serve the king for thousands of miles, and ask for nothing. I also know that the wall is bitter, how can I seek it for my wife.

This is Cen Shen's poem, but Cen Shen himself can't do this.

Now he is the only one who has done this, and he is the only one in the whole world. However, looking at this beautiful girl at this moment, looking at this woman who was destined to become his wife, Ma Lan did not have the slightest pride in his heart, and only felt guilty.

Gao Qianqian really paid too much for him, and he really didn't know what to say in the face of her, so he could only gently hold her in his arms and remain silent for a long time.

Kang Xiaoyu watched all this silently, and suddenly felt very unreal in his heart. This tall, muscular man no longer seems to be her pony brother. (To be continued.) )