Nan Jiyun is on the horse.

There were a total of eight hundred elite warriors around him, and they had already left the main battlefield long before the night attack, after Ye Chang and Gong Fu had made an appointment to fight. They took the road to the west, boarded a large ship that had been prepared for a long time, arrived to the east of the mouth of the Liao River, and then landed in the shallows, and traveled day and night to reach Anshi Prefecture

This is Ye Chang's initial tactical arrangement, they have few soldiers, if the Khitans are not successful, then he will rely on the advantage of sea transportation to transport the troops directly to the north of Jian'an Prefecture, bypassing the Khitan army, to capture Anshi Prefecture, forcing the Khitans to come back to help. Although the Khitans were nomadic in nature, they even brought the old and weak, women and children with them during the southern expedition, but in Anshi Prefecture, they still hoarded what they had looted all the way, leaving some people to guard them.

These belongings, for the Khitans, are their base camp, and they cannot be saved.

Originally, in Ye Chang's plan, he contained the Khitans under the city of Jian'an Prefecture, and Nan Jiyun led a group of infantry soldiers to raid Anshi Prefecture - there were not enough horses in the Jili Prefecture army, so he could only be a foot soldier. However, Sala's defeat by the nameless river contributed more than 1,600 horses to the Jili Prefecture Army, which greatly improved the mobility of the Jili Prefecture Army, so Ye Chang reduced Nan Jiyun's troops and increased the horses, allowing him to rush to Anshi Prefecture at full speed.

"At this time, I don't know what the war is going on in Jian'an Prefecture, the news brought by Gongfu, the Khitan has 60,000 allied troops from various departments, although each department has its own ghosts, the number of our army is too small after all, and it is not easy to win, I am afraid that the key to success is on my side...... That being the case, my coming to Anshi Prefecture is not only to threaten the Khitans' back route and force them to relieve the siege of Anzhou, but also to seize Anshi Prefecture, otherwise, the Khitans may not return to the army."

Because he couldn't know the overall news of the battlefield at this time, Nan Jiyun didn't know that Lu Dao's army had won a big victory, and he was self-conscious, thinking that he was the key to this battle, looking left and right, the sergeants were in good spirits, and immediately said: "Don't care about the horsepower, let's eat and drink right away, and we must arrive before the evening"

These soldiers have been training for a long time, so they don't feel too tired, but those horses can't stand it, but fortunately, one person has two horses, and when one horse is tired, he will change to one horse. They rolled all the way north, naturally alarmed a lot of local people, these people are mostly mixed with various ethnic groups, seeing their great momentum, only that the Khitan people are coming, they have dodged, and no one dares to come out to inquire about the situation.

It didn't take long for them to come to the road of the Khitan people to the south, different from the previous villages by the sea, this place has been plagued by the Khitans, and some villages have even been slaughtered to the point that no chickens and dogs are left, seeing the miserable situation here, Nan Jiyun can't help but feel sorry.

And after a long journey, although he brought all the elites, he was also tired at this time. While everyone was resting in a village that had been devastated by the Khitans, Nan Jiyun raised his eyes and sighed.

"The court gave up this place, causing the people here to suffer this calamity, and the crimes of the princes of the court." He couldn't help but say: "When I come here today, I will avenge this blood revenge for the people of Liaodong and return a peace."

Fan Chongwu beside him said: "When we were in the capital, we thought that it would be very difficult to be bullied by the Goguryeo people, but we never thought that these Khitan herdsmen were even more ferocious than the Goguryeo people. Fortunately, Ye Sima came to Liaodong, if it weren't for that, we would only be afraid that we would have to suffer such a thing again."

Most of the elites who followed Nan Jiyun's side were like Fan Chongwu, who were Han people near the original capital, and they heard this and nodded one by one. It is not only a blessing, but also a feeling of pity for the people here.

In Jili Prefecture under Ye Chang's rule, it is needless to say that the Han people are proud of themselves, even the non-Han Hu people, and now they are living a better life than before. The increase in consumption power after the increase in the income of a large number of people made it possible for the Hu people to make a lot of money by grazing cattle and sheep and raising livestock, and not to mention that Ye Chang also consciously opened schools and recruited the children of the Hu people to enroll in school - the purpose of this free education was to assimilate the next generation of Hu people.

Most of the Hu people also hope that their children can learn Chinese and Chinese, and in the future, they can pass the Jili Prefecture Chinese Proficiency Test and obtain the status of a naturalized Han Chinese. After all, there is not much national identity at this time, and the Hu people worship and envy the culture and economy of the Han people, and they are not very resistant to naturalization.

"Everybody thinks so, that's right." Nan Jiyun said: "When you arrive in Anshi Prefecture, don't forget, if you don't defeat the Khitans, we will face such a situation in Jili Prefecture."

"Exactly, kill all the Khitan herdsmen," Fan Chongwu shouted.

"Kill all the serfs," the rest of the people also shouted.

Everyone was in good spirits, and the fatigue caused by the long journey also disappeared. Seeing that everyone's spirits were perked up again, Nan Jiyun waved his hand and said, "Without further ado, let's continue"

At this time, less than thirty miles behind them, Di Lie ordered: "Go, go back to Anshizhou"

"Khan, you haven't rested yet......"

"You have to leave if you don't have a good rest, the Tang people should be relieved at this time, do you want to wait here for the Tang people to attack?" Di Lie's eyes can almost breathe fire, he finally gathered the defeated soldiers, 60,000 coalition troops, and now there are less than 20,000 with him, of which the Khitan headquarters, in addition to 4,000 soldiers, is more than 5,000 old and weak women and children - even if there are many Khitan horses, how many people can grab horses when they attack at night

Therefore, his tribe was hit harder than he had imagined. In the future, only after returning to Anshi Prefecture, annexing these various tribes that depend on him, and reorganizing the tribes, can he regain some strength. He even decided that after arriving in Anshi Prefecture, he would immediately abandon the city, escort his belongings back to Gaimu Prefecture, and recuperate for some time near the Naliao River, and then annex the nearby small tribes, and then consider the issue of going south after his strength was restored for three or five years.

The premise is that he can avoid Ye Chang's pursuit.

"Great Khan, even if people can stand it, horses can't stand it, these horses are our foundation, and we only have these horses left...... If they are all exhausted, how do we go back to Gaimuzhou? Someone else said

Gong Fu next to him scolded in his heart, everyone is dying, what do he care, but he made a big mistake before, and now he can save a life, and everyone has no time to take care of him, so he doesn't dare to speak out.

"I will allow you to grab as many horses as you want after returning to Anshizhou" Di Lie said: "Horses, women, children, as long as you want, you can grab them."

Hearing this, the Khitan people, who had lost their souls, finally lifted their morale a little, quickly whipped up, and rushed forward.

After walking a short distance, someone suddenly exclaimed: "This is ...... on the ground." Why are there so many hoof prints? ”

"We come and go, and it's normal to have horseshoe prints on the ground." Someone responded.

"Something is wrong, something is wrong, these hoof prints are very fresh, it is clear that they have not been long, and they are all heading north, in the direction of Anshi State...... I can't see the number, but it won't be less than a few hundred horses, where is there such a large number of people? The first person to realize that something was wrong said.

At first, it was just a private discussion, but later, the person who realized that something was wrong wanted to understand the meaning, and was immediately shocked, and rushed to Dilie: "Great Khan, Great Khan, hoof prints on the ground"

Di Lie had something in his heart, so he didn't notice this detail, but after being reminded of it, he suddenly realized that the situation was not good: doesn't this mean that there is a large group of people heading towards Ancheng? At this time, in this area, the brigade cannot be Khitans, so who will it be?

Whoever it is, it means that the state of Ontario is in danger

"Quick, fast"

This time without Di Lie's urging, the Khitan people desperately rushed north, the battle of Jian'an Prefecture was already a fiasco, the property in Ancheng is their hope to support the next winter, if these goods are also taken away, it means that their Dila Department will collapse.

It's a matter of life, and their speed is faster than the speed of Nan Jiyun and the others.

"It's about thirty miles away."

"The other party rested in this village for a while, and ate something, and we are twenty-five miles away from them."

"Only twenty miles away from each other"

After dealing with the Tang people for a long time, the Khitans would also use the Tang people's taxi unit, and almost every once in a while, the person who was the best at tracking them would report to Di Lie. The distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer, but by the end of the Shen period, Di Lie knew that it would be difficult for him to catch up.

Among his subordinates, there have been more than one incident where the horses are tired and unable to get up, and those old and weak women and children who have escaped have been left behind by him.

The only thing that can be pinned on is that Anseong is the original famous city of Goguryeo and can be defended......

"Anshi City is a famous city of Goguryeo, when Emperor Taizong drove his own expedition, the famous generals in his hands were like clouds, and they fought with the Goguryeo people here. Although he defeated Goguryeo's 150,000 reinforcements, he was unable to break through Anseongseong, and fought from June to September, because of the approaching winter, Emperor Taizong had to withdraw his army. ”

Looking at Anshi City from afar, Nan Jiyun said slowly: "It's not easy to take this city." ”

He only had 800 men in his hands, and he also left dozens of people behind along the way, and with this manpower, it was impossible to storm the city.

"I know, Liang Wanchun, some people in Goguryeo have a legend that he also shot Taizong in the eye, and when Taizong retreated, he went to the city to worship, Taizong respected him for his martial arts, and gave him 200 horses of silk." Fan Chongwu Dao who followed him.

"It's nonsense, I'm afraid it's Silla who is spreading rumors there." Nan Jiyun snorted and said, "The fifth brother once said that Silla maids are used to recognizing their ancestors and spreading rumors, and they are only afraid that they will boast that this Goguryeo Liang Wanchun will also be their Silla people, right?" I don't want to think at all, the reason why Emperor Taejong went east in the first place was because the Goguryeo people were in a hurry to attack Silla."

Nan Jiyun was inevitably suspected of boasting for Li Shimin, but Fan Chongwu nodded when he heard it, after all, the values at this time were like this: "Speaking of which, our Ye Sima is quite like Emperor Taizong, and he can't bear the suffering of the people, so he raised troops to Liaodong."

When these words came out, it was a big rebellion, and Nan Jiyun glared at him: "Don't talk nonsense, don't cause trouble for the fifth brother...... With such a greasy mouth, it is better to think carefully about how to break this city"

"Simple, if we are the enemy, it will be difficult to attack, but you look at this city, the city gate is not locked, there are almost no guards at the head of the city, let's send dozens of people over, occupy a city gate, and then break in."

"It's that easy, if it were handed over to you, would you be able to do it?"

"If there is no southern ambassador brave to occupy the city gate, it will be difficult to hold on for a long time...... If Ambassador Yugoslav is quick to pick up, it will be fine."

Nan Jiyun hesitated for a while, he was sympathetic to the soldiers, and he had never deceived others, so he was loved by the soldiers, seeing him hesitate, Fan Chongwu was a little anxious: "Ambassador Nan can't believe so?" The ambassador of the south can kill Sala, and he can also take the city of Anshi."

When he said this, he clearly had his own opinions in his heart, and Nan Jiyun smiled when he heard it: "Since this is the case, I won't ask you how you can take the city with forty people, as long as you take it."

Fan Chongwu was overjoyed, and he ordered all the people who had a good relationship with him, all of whom were like him, the Liaodong Han people who were originally in Duli, Beisha or Qingnipu. They first went to a small village, "robbed" some local people's clothes, changed their Jili military uniforms, and then changed their hair buns to make them look like Goguryeo and Murowei people, and then whistled and swaggered towards Anshi City.

There are only 500 young and strong people and 3,000 old and weak people left in the city of Anshi, and they are not very guarded at this time, but they occupy an absolute advantage in the south. Therefore, the defenders at the head of the city saw these forty men and two horses roaring, and although they also sent more than 20 people to intercept them, they did not close the city gate

Nan Jiyun in the distance was overjoyed when he saw this detail in the telescope.

He only regretted in his heart that he was not among Fan Chongwu and others. Otherwise, with only those twenty or so people, he could kill it with one blow and rush into the city gate

Now it's up to Fan Chongwu and the others to get past the interception and enter the city.

"What do you do and why are you here?" Nan Jiyun was worried here, and Fan Chongwu was also asked over there.

"We are here from the Black Bone City, and we heard that we are recruiting people here, so we are here to take refuge," Fan Chongwu shouted.

He has long been an official soldier of the Accumulation Army, and he is no longer the reckless boy who was helpless when he was in trouble. He has lived in the capital for more than 20 years and is proficient in Goguryeo, so he only coped with it in Goguryeo. The people who came to intercept were all Goguryeo people from Anshi City, and the real Khitans were all in the city, so they had already guessed their identities from the costumes of Fan Chongwu and others, and now they heard him speak a very pure Goguryeo dialect, and there was no suspicion.

"From the City of Bones? Where is there such a good horse in the Black Bone City" One of the people muttered, "In my opinion, you should be horse thieves over there."

"Who said we are horse thieves, we are warriors in the stockade" Fan Chongwu said.

The interceptor laughed, since the local Goguryeo people withdrew from the Tang Dynasty, political affairs have deteriorated, and many villages have lived a life of half-cultivation and half-robbery, saying that they are warriors in the stockade, but in fact, they are just another name for horse thieves.

"If you're here to vote, let's go into the city." Someone said: "There are fewer people who come to vote these days, and in the last month, people have come to vote almost every day." ”

Fan Chongwu and the others were about to enter the city, and suddenly one of the interceptors frowned, and pointed to the person behind Fan Chongwu: "Wait"