On a road in the north of the Gama Empire, there is an army marching northward like a black tide.

This army numbered more than 10,000 people, and the distance between the front and back was thirty miles.

At first, 200 light cavalry acted as a revival, and reconnoitred at the front, and 10 miles away was 2,000 troops, another 10 miles was 6,000 Chinese troops, and another 10 miles was 2,000 rear troops.

In front of the 6,000 Chinese troops, there was a big silk with a black line on a red background, embroidered with two big characters:

Nalan!

I sat in an an's car and lifted the curtain to look out. The march of the army was far inferior to the flight of the Dou Huang, and it only took three days for Ling Ying to fly with me from Gama City to Anbei City.

Can be an army of 10,000

From Yalan City in the south of the northern border of the empire to the defense line in the north of the northern border, it took almost twenty days just to cross the entire northern border.

According to the schedule, this afternoon should be able to arrive at the station assigned by the Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate: Fox Pass.

And as we get closer to the Tagore Desert, the nearby landscape and environment have undergone many changes.

Beside my car, a young man in red light armor and riding a tall war horse looked left and right, his face full of excitement, and turned back to me and shouted:

"Brother Ye, no, it's Du Wei. Captain, the scene here is very different from Gama City and Yalan City, there are many trees and flowers that I have never seen. ”

I looked at the young man and smiled awkwardly but politely. Well, that's right, he is the lord of Yalan City-Nalan Xu.

Of course, he's not anymore.

After meeting him that day, there was no tension, open and secret fighting, and mutual ridicule as I imagined, just a very ordinary meeting between cousins, and even more enthusiastic.

After eating the banquet, not only did he send out five hundred elite soldiers, but if it weren't for the city lord's subordinate officials to stop him, he would almost have moved the entire treasury.

Then, with a dead face, he will come with me to fight the snake man. I couldn't help him, so I had to take him under my command, and he was ordered to be "the leader" and control a thousand soldiers.

"Brother Xu, I'm here to fight, not to play! Brother Xu, as the leader, should set an example for the soldiers. ”

I coughed dryly and said with a straight face. Whoever calls him older than me, I have to call him brother

When Nalan Xu heard this, he knew that what he was doing was wrong, but he was obedient. Immediately restrained the smile on his face, held his head high, sat straight on the horse, and coupled with that gorgeous light armor, he also had a bit of a general's temperament.

I shook my head a little helplessly, although this Nalan Xu is twenty-three or fourteen years old, and his cultivation is also a three-star fighter, but this mind is still the same as a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy. Even after being the city lord for half a year, it is not much better.

"Report!"

At this time, a horse came, stopped next to the car, and said loudly: "Captain Yudu, the Xingjun in front has met with the defenders of Huguan. ”

I raised my eyebrows, the Xingjun army was only twenty miles in front of the Chinese army, so the fox pass had finally arrived

"Captain, I'll leave the handover to me...... No, leave it to the subordinates, and the subordinates will definitely be able to do it. ”

At this time, Nalan Xu on the side said with some excitement.

As a border pass, it is naturally impossible for other armies to enter at will. It is necessary to pass a paper military order, symbols and other items before they can be released.

"Then there's Brother Raus."

Stuffing these things into Nalan Xu, he rushed away with a team of light horses, probably wanting to see what the fox chief looked like earlier

"Order the whole army, speed up, all of them must arrive at Fox Pass for the night today, there must be no mistake!"

There was only one last journey left, and even I didn't seem to be in a hurry.

But the road still had to be walked step by step, and by the time the army had completed the more than 20 miles, a full hour had passed.

As far as I could see, I saw a majestic mountain range in front of me. But this mountain range, which stretches for an unknown number of miles, has a gap in this section, connecting the Gama Empire and the Tagor Desert.

The Fox Pass is located in the gap according to the mountain, and the gray masonry wall is three miles long, almost completely blocking the gap.

The Gama Empire has a long border with the Tagore Desert, and a single city of Anbei is not enough. On this border line, there are dozens of large and small passes, and the defenders are as small as three or five hundred or as large as tens of thousands.

And this Fox Pass is guarded by a "Fox Pass Captain" with 6,000 troops.

It's just that this Captain of Huguan did not come forward, and only sent Changshi to greet him outside the city gate. I know the reason, and I don't care.

At this time, several more people walked out of the fox pass, and the first two young people were the first, but I couldn't help but look sideways.

"Little leaf, you're finally here!"

A young man shouted at me from afar. I laughed and said:

"Big brother, second brother."

These two young people are none other than Xiao Ding and Xiao Li. Looking at Xiao Li, I asked a little strangely:

"Second brother, I have sent someone to send the documents of your Hanging Spring City Lord, why haven't you taken office yet, but ran to Fox Pass"

Xiao Li smiled, looked at me kindly, and said loudly: "Xiao Yezi, you have helped me and my eldest brother so much, and we have nothing to repay." ”

"But I thought that before I left, I had to see each other again, and I couldn't say goodbye."

He glanced around at the 6,000-strong army behind me, which had formed a marching route and spread its flags to the end of the mountain road.

He couldn't help but exclaim: "Xiao Yezi, you are still amazing." My eldest brother and I have been tossing for so many years, and the Motie Mercenary Group is less than two hundred people, and once you go, you will bring tens of thousands of troops to ......"

"Compared with you, my eldest brother and I are the age of a dog!"

With a faint smile on my face, I said modestly: "I am just loved by the elders in the family, where can I compare with the eldest brother and the second brother to go alone!" ”

Neither could we stand at the gate of the city to greet us, and after a few words we went into the city. The 6,000 army behind him also began to enter the city, and there was a command arrangement between Mo Forget and Fox Guan Changshi.

After entering the city, Nalan Xu, who arrived first, also rushed to hear the news, and when he saw me talking and laughing with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, he couldn't help but ask in confusion:

"Captain, who are they?"

I smiled lightly and said, "Brother Xu, you came just in time. They are what I told you, my two brothers-in-law: Xiao Ding and Xiao Li. ”

"Big brother and second brother, this is my cousin, Nalan Xu."

Hearing this, Nalan Xu's face changed, his hand pressed on the hilt of the sword, and he looked at Xiao Ding provocatively, his eyes were eager to try, and he said:

"You are Xiao Ding!"

"I want to see what kind of skills you have, Brother Ye actually only needs you to be a short soldier and a leader, and he doesn't want me."

Xiao Ding was a little puzzled, and looked at me suspiciously.

Short guards, or guards, starting with mid-ranking generals, each general can have guards, which is one-tenth the number of the general army.

As a captain, a general of 10,000 people, the quota of short soldiers is 1,000, and the short soldiers are controlled by the commanders. This short soldier has a long rate, and he must be my cronies, and his status is no worse than Sima's.

I touched my nose, looked at Xiao Ding with some embarrassment, and asked:

"Big brother, would you like to be my short-term commander"