That night, Lin Haotian and others left the guest room and set off for Xinfeng early the next morning.

Xinfeng is located in the south of Jiuxuan County, is also the county seat of Jiuxuan County, its scale is much larger than Rongcheng, more than 100,000 people in the city, there are two large markets alone, one is the North Collection, one is the East Collection, all are lively.

When Lin Haotian and his party arrived in Xinfeng, it was two days later, and it was noon, and there were many people in and out of the city, bustling, and the queue was long.

The military uniforms worn by Lin Haotian and the others brought them a lot of convenience, but not only were they not subject to any interrogation, but they also did not have to queue up, and were directly let into the city by the local army guarding the city gate.

After entering the city, Lin Haotian walked forward with the flow of people and asked Roland beside him, "Do you see it?"

Roland was confused by his question, and said in a low voice, "What do you see?"

Lin Haotian said indifferently: "The local army of the Yan Kingdom. ”

Roland blinked, he still didn't understand what Lin Haotian meant, he was not blind, of course he saw the local troops guarding the city gate.

Lin Haotian turned his head and glanced at her, shook his head and smiled, then reined in the war horse, stopped on the side of the road, and explained in a low voice: "Looking at the surface, you can also judge the truth!" The local army is well-equipped, and there is almost no difference from the central army, which shows that the local government of Yanguo is financially rich, and the soldiers are burly, strong and powerful, which means that it is carefully selected, and even the local army recruitment is so strict, and it can also show that Yanguo has an abundant source of soldiers and can quickly increase troops in a short period of time. ”

Not to mention that the more Luo Lan's eyes widened the more he listened, even Shao Lin and Chang Feng on the left and right were surprised. looked at Lin Haotian in disbelief.

Just entering the city, Lin Haotian actually deduced so much news from the defenders, and it can also be seen that the subtlety of observation and the agility of thinking can also be seen.

"The strength of the Yan country is not just talking. As the oldest traditional power, the heritage precipitated for hundreds of years is not to be underestimated. Lin Haotian smiled at everyone and continued to urge the horse forward.

Roland was stunned for a while before coming back to his senses, hurriedly chased after Lin Haotian, and said in a low voice: "Don't grow the morale of others and destroy our own prestige!"

Lin Haotian shrugged his shoulders and said, "I'm just telling the truth, Yan Guo...... Far from being comparable to the likes of wood and red, this war will be far more difficult than we imagined!"

If you don't come to the Yan Country. It was just a literal concept for Lin Haotian, but now that he had personally arrived in Yanguo, he really saw the difference of Yanguo.

Among the nations of the time, no country could be perfect in the three major areas of economy, military and culture.

The Wood Country is economically and militarily mediocre, and the Red Country is a typical economically strong country with weak military strength, only the Yan Country is an exception, and there are almost no shortcomings in it. The economy, military, and culture have all reached a very high level, and the national strength is flourishing. It is unique among the nations. Don't look at the fact that the territory and population of the Jin country have surpassed the Yan country now, but in terms of national strength and comprehensive strength, it is really comparable to the Yan country.

For the battle of Yan, before the battle began, Lin Haotian already felt that he was not confident enough, and he could also foresee it. This war will be extremely difficult, and no one will dare to make a conclusion until the last moment, and once a war breaks out, the two countries will basically be in a five-five situation.

Seeing Lin Haotian laughing. But his eyes were gloomy, Roland rolled his eyes, changed the topic, pointed to the front and said, "Big ...... Childe, there's a restaurant in front, let's go in and have a bite to eat!"

It was noon, and Lin Haotian was also a little hungry, so he nodded and said, "Okay!"

The group stopped at the door of the restaurant and dismounted.

The shopkeeper at the door immediately greeted him, took the reins from everyone's hands one by one with a smile, nodded and smiled: "A few military masters, please come inside!"

handed over the war horse to Xiao Er and tied it to the horse pile, and Lin Haotian and the others walked into the restaurant.

The façade of this restaurant is not small, and the space inside is also large, but it has been in business for too long, and the equipment in the store looks dilapidated.

At this time, there were really a lot of diners in the restaurant, including men and women, old and young, in addition to ordinary people, there were also many soldiers wearing armor.

At present, the Jin State has annexed the Yan State, and the Yan State is directly bordered, in order to prevent the Jin State from invading the south, the northern part of the Yan State is very frequent, especially in Bianyang County, no matter where you go, you can see the figure of the Yan Army, that is, there are central armies, there are also local armies.

Lin Haotian and the others stood in front of the counter and looked inside, but did not see an empty table, Shao Lin and Tonglei glanced at each other, and then walked inside.

The two of them came to a seat where only two diners sat opposite each other, and threw their swords on the table with a clatter. The two Yan people were startled, and when they looked up, they just happened to look at Shao Lin and Tong Lei's cold and lifeless eyes.

The two Yan men shivered, didn't dare to say anything, quickly ate the food in the bowl, and then both got up and walked out quickly.

scared them away, Shao Lin turned around and greeted: "Childe, please come here!"

Lin Haotian smiled and walked over with Luo Lan, Shao Lin, and Chang Feng. The four of them sat down one after another, and then ordered a few simple meals from the shopkeeper.

There are too many people here, and they are not too ostentatious, but even so, it still attracts cold words from the surroundings: "Brother Hong, you look at the central army of other people, it's different, I'll wait for dinner, I have to line up first, but people don't need it!"

Hearing the words, Lin Haotian and the others looked at each other.

I saw a table of Yan soldiers sitting not far from them, six or seven people, different from other Yan soldiers, their armor was very shabby, the steel armor was abrupt, and the face was full of scratches, and the military uniforms inside were still damaged, or cracked, or exposed large holes.

The most striking thing is the red gold drape on their backs and the saber at their waists, the scabbard can be judged by the narrow but thick body, and the hilt of the sword is two or three times longer than that of an ordinary saber, and it looks close to a third of the length of the sword.

The more Luo Lan looked at it, the more surprised he became, and subconsciously muttered: "Childe, these Yan troops don't seem to be the same!"

Yes! Lin Haotian muttered in his heart, he had a lot of contact with Yan Bing, in his impression. I've never seen a soldier dressed like this and using such a weapon.

Just when he was feeling strange in his heart, a person from the table of flame soldiers suddenly stood up, and the two big ringed eyes glared at Roland, and asked, "Boy, what are you looking at?"

Roland was also wearing the military uniform and armor of the Yan Army, and looked like a handsome young man of seventeen or eighteen years old. She was stunned at first, then laughed and looked away. She just thought it was funny, but the other party took her laughter as contempt.

The man was furious, walked over, and said in a deep voice: "What's the matter? I think it's great to be the Central Army, can you not take our Hong Family Army in your eyes?"

Hong Jiajun?Lin Haotian's heart moved. Immediately knew the origin of these Yan soldiers.

In the Yan Kingdom, in addition to the central army and the local army, there are also princes' family armies, and the Hong family army is one of the most famous family armies.

Seeing Roland's angry expression, Lin Haotian waved his hand at her, then stood up and smiled at the Yan soldier: "This old brother, my little brother is not sensible. I haven't seen the world before, so don't be surprised. ”

The Yan soldier man squinted at Lin Haotian. looked at him, he had already noticed him just now, in the army, either by his name or by honorific title, how could anyone call him a son?

His gaze fell on the captain's logo on Lin Haotian's breastplate. sneered and said, "What a bullshit, it turns out that he's just a captain!"

"Yes, the brothers are used to calling Gongzi at home, and they didn't change it immediately after joining the army. ”

"Oh, Your Excellency is still a 'young master soldier'! This thin-skinned and tender meat, how can you think of fighting!" As he spoke, the Yan soldier and his companions who were sitting next to him all laughed.

Lin Haotian has a lot of knowledge about the situation in the Yan Kingdom through his own intelligence, and the family army of the Yan Country has many small branches, and the scale is also large and small, ranging from hundreds of thousands of people to tens of thousands.

The establishment of each family army was strictly controlled by Yan Wang Yin Ji and the Yan State court, and the court sometimes provided a part of the armaments and salaries, but the main military salaries and grain and grass of the family army had to be borne by the families themselves.

Among them, the most famous family army is the Hong family army.

The Hong family's army is famous, firstly, because its own combat power is very strong, and secondly, it is also related to the high reputation of their family patriarch Hong Yuetian.

Hong Yuetian has the title of marquis, and his title is the Marquis of Bloody Clothes, which can be judged only by listening to his title, this is a fierce general who is good at commanding troops and brave and good at fighting.

Hong Yuetian had the merit of saving Yin Ji, but Yin Ji didn't treat this person very well.

There are many large and small tribes in the south of Yan State, some tribes will bow down to Yan Country and pay tribute every year, while some tribes do not listen to the control of Yan State, and the most common method used by Yan State is to send troops to fight against those tribes who do not obey.

Among the tribes in Yannan, there is a larger tribe named Meng Xin, with more than 100,000 soldiers, it was originally a vassal to the Yan State, but with the growth of strength, it gradually began to disobey the constraints of the Yan State, and planned to unite the surrounding tribes to compete with the Yan State. At that time, Yin Ji was still a young man in his early thirties, who had just sat on the throne of King Yan, young and vigorous, and also needed meritorious service to establish his prestige.

As a result, Yin Ji happened to encounter this matter, and he decided to take Meng Xin under the knife.

Yin Ji ordered Lu Lian, the veteran general of the Yan State at that time, to command 100,000 Yan troops and crusade against Meng Xin.

However, the war was not fought smoothly.

Meng Xin's territory is full of jungles, which is not suitable for the army to fight, and the large weapons that the Yan army is proud of are completely useless here, and the 100,000 Yan army led by Lu Lian is deep in the dense forest, advancing slowly, and is often harassed by Meng Xin's army.

The war dragged on for three months, and the Yan army could not attack for a long time, and what was even worse was that the soldiers in the front were deeply affected by the miasma in the forest, and fell ill on a large scale.

At this time, Yin Ji couldn't sit still in the palace, this was his first foreign war after inheriting the throne, and there was no room for loss. Ignoring the opposition of the courtiers, he personally commanded 200,000 troops and went to Meng Xin, first, to reinforce Lu Lian, and at the same time he also planned to destroy Meng Xin, an unruly and criminal tribe.

But what Yin Ji didn't expect was that Meng Xin's siege of the Yan army was actually a ploy they used, the purpose was to lure the army of the Yan State to reinforcements.

After the 200,000 Yan army led by Yin Ji arrived in Meng Xin, the battle at the beginning was still very smooth, and the army was like a bamboo, which not only relieved the danger of Lu Lian's being trapped. And it also advanced to the heart of Meng Xin.

But at this moment, Meng Xinjun's counterattack suddenly began, and it was not only Meng Xinjun's family that attacked the Yan army, but also the coalition forces of the other six tribes also participated in the battle.

The tribal alliance has a favorable time and place, while the Yan army is fighting in a different place, and it doesn't know how to fight jungle warfare at all. Arguably. As the battle continued, the Yan army was seriously reduced, and the logistics supply line was cut off, and more than 200,000 Yan troops led by Yin Ji were trapped alive in the dense forests in Mengxin.

In the end of the battle, the Yan army ran out of food and supplies, and the soldiers could only kill war horses, dig grass roots, and scrape tree bark for food, even Yin Ji felt desperate, and he regretted it at this time. At that time, I really shouldn't have listened to the dissuasion of my ministers.

He is determined to die, the dignified King Yan, he would rather die than be a prisoner of the Fanbang barbarian tribe. And at this critical moment, the 20,000 Hongjia army led by Hong Yuetian fell from the sky, and this Yan army directly broke into the territory of Meng Xin, and tore a big hole in the encirclement of the tribal alliance, and then covered Yin Ji and the trapped Yan army to fight back. Successfully out of the circle.

In this battle, Hong Yuetian can be said to have become famous in a fight. His marquis title was also inherited from his ancestors, and he was also questioned before, and after this battle, no one dared to question his unworthiness to be a marquis.

After Yin Ji was rescued by Hong Yuetian, there was also a short 'honeymoon period' between the two.

At that time, Yin Ji simply tied Hong Yuetian to his side. No matter where he goes, he will take him with him, inseparable, Hong Yuetian has become the number one celebrity in front of King Yan.

But in this way, he was naturally hated by others, gradually. Someone began to make a small report to Yin Ji, saying that Hong Yuetian is now simply talking about saving the driver, and he will talk about it when he meets people, and his words often reveal contempt and disrespect for adults.

At first, Yin Ji didn't believe it, but if one or two people said so, it would be okay, everyone said so, and he couldn't help but believe it. At this time, Yin Ji's heart was already very uncomfortable, after all, it was not a glorious thing for him.

At the same time, Hong Yuetian was dissatisfied with Yin Ji. After he rescued Yin Ji, Yin Ji was grateful to him, and promised him at a banquet that he would expand his Hongjia army to 100,000 people. Now the establishment of the Hong family army is 50,000, and it has been expanded to 100,000, which is twice as much as the current one, and it can become a legion, which makes Hong Yuetian wake up with laughter when he sleeps.

Originally, he was full of expectations, but after that banquet, Yin Ji never had this matter again, Hong Yuetian was so anxious that he scratched his ears and cheeks, and later in the court, he didn't play less, and reminded Yin Ji by knocking on the side, you haven't fulfilled your promise yet, when will my Hong Jiajun be expanded?

Of course, Yin Ji remembered this, and he also understood that he had indeed said such a thing at the beginning, and now that Hong Yuetian had proposed it, he wanted to fulfill his wish and relax the establishment of the Hong family's army to 100,000.

However, the civil and military ministers of the Yan State were unanimously opposed to this matter.

If the establishment of the family army does not exceed 50,000, and the number is expanded to 100,000, then it is just a legion, and once they are dissatisfied with the imperial court, won't they have to fight against the imperial court? Moreover, if this precedent is opened, every family will demand that it be expanded, and when the time comes, will the various families have their own troops, and the imperial court will still be able to control them? Won't the Yan country become a situation of fragmentation?

After listening to the advice of the ministers, Yin Ji also realized the seriousness of the matter, what he said at the beginning was too impulsive and too child's play.

Later, when Hong Yuetian mentioned the expansion of the compilation again, Yin Ji pretended to be confused, denying that he had said such a thing at the beginning, and also deliberately mentioned Hong Yuetian, and the drunken jokes did not have to be taken seriously.

His meaning is already obvious, that is, to tell Hong Yuetian not to mention this matter again in the future, but Hong Yuetian just didn't understand Yin Ji's thoughts, in his opinion, you Yin Ji is the monarch, and you have no jokes, since you promised me to expand the Hong family's army, you have to do this.

In the court, he proposed an expansion, Yin Ji refused once, and later he changed to a daily sparse, at the beginning Yin Ji could still see his sparse, and then he didn't even look at it, and threw it aside.

At this time, Hong Yuetian was extremely dissatisfied with Yin Ji, and this person also had one of the biggest shortcomings, he was greedy for cups and talked a lot, what should be said and what should not be said, as long as a few glasses of wine and water were in the stomach, he could say it. When eating and drinking with others, he complained a lot, saying that Yin Ji's words didn't count, and even said angry things like disrespecting the king.

How can there be an impermeable wall in the world? After Yin Ji heard this, he was furious, even if you Hong Yuetian saved my life, will this handsome man owe you for the rest of his life? I have to tolerate you for the rest of my life?

Soon, Yin Ji's order came down, and he directly transferred Hong Yuetian out of the capital, so as not to transfer him to the border, but he didn't let him continue to stay under his nose.

Received Yin Ji's order, Hong Yue had to smoke in the weather, don't you Yin Ji hate me, don't you want to see me, just go, you just don't want to stay in the capital to suffer this bird anger!

After Hong Yuetian left the capital, he arrived at the place, but he was still worried about the expansion, and he himself added a servant army within the Hong family's army.

The servant army is actually the slave of the army, to put it bluntly, it is the handyman who serves the war horse, cooks, and washes. After he arrived at the locality, he brought out all the death row prisoners and felons from the surrounding counties, counties and cities, and incorporated them into his servant army, plus the mountain bandits, rogues, and homeless people he recruited, and gradually, the number of Hong's servant army reached tens of thousands, so that the Hongjiajun was still 50,000 on the surface, but in fact it was close to 100,000.

He is doing such nonsense in the place, and the rumor naturally reaches Yin Ji's ears, he hates it so much that the roots of his teeth itch, if this king doesn't give it to you, you will rob it yourself, do you still have this king in your eyes?

However, Yin Ji is not a tyrant in the end, he still thinks of Hong Yuetian's life-saving grace to him for many years, and he closes his eyes to what he does in the place as if he didn't see it, as long as Hong Yuetian doesn't go too far, he will endure it.

This is the intricate relationship between Yin Ji and Hong Yuetian.

It is understandable that the armament of the Hong family army is broken, and the personnel are uneven, relying on a family, even if it is a marquis's family, no matter how much money there is, no matter how big the business is done in various places, it is also stretched thin and the financial resources are tight if it does not rely on the imperial court to feed the army of 100,000 people on its own.

The people of the Hong family army appeared in the Bianyang County of the Yan Kingdom, which made Lin Haotian somewhat surprised, could it be that the Yan Imperial Court had a new decision to send Hong Yuetian to the border instead?

If so, it's not good news for you. (To be continued......)