After arranging the affairs of the army, Shi Ziling returned home and said goodbye to all the beautiful wives.

Although the wives are reluctant, they also understand that this expedition is very important, and if it is successful, it is expected to change the pattern of the entire Bright Moon Continent in one fell swoop, so that everyone can stay together for a long time in the future. While telling Shiziling to be careful on the road, the wives are also cheering him up, hoping that he can succeed this time.

In the afternoon of the next day, the 50,000 city defenders led by Zhao Xiong set off from Songhu City with great fanfare and rushed to Black Dragon City in the north. All the banners they played were from the Songhu Legion, and the leader was the Shiziling disguised by Su Songyi.

Because the Xiahou family had already posted notices in various places, promising that once the reinforcements repelled Li Yuan's two major armies, they would be willing to give up control of the north. For this reason, the people of Songhu City sent off the fake Songhu Legion led by Su Songyi, and everyone hoped that their expedition to the northwest would completely change the pattern of the Mingyue Continent and enable the people to live a stable life for a long time.

And long before Zhao Xiong and Su Songyi set off, the real Shi Ziling had already led the main generals in the Songhu Army to set off early, and after joining the 50,000 elite soldiers outside the city, they marched towards the southern Narcissus City.

Although these 50,000 elite soldiers are all fully armed, they are playing the banners of various local militia groups, and they are also deliberately divided into three groups, which look like some local militia newly recruited miscellaneous troops, which can not only hide people's eyes and ears, but also facilitate rapid marching.

Shi Ziling walked at the forefront of the team with the most elite special attack division of more than 15,000 people, Ma Yu led 20,000 horses to follow, and the Duanmuxuan Duanmulun brothers led 15,000 people to the rear of the palace.

These three groups of men and horses have kept enough distance from each other, and the banners they play are disorganized, even if some people suspect it, they may not necessarily think of it as the elite of the Songhu Legion in Shiziling.

Among them, the special attack division led by Shi Ziling marched extremely fast, and soon left the other two groups far behind, and it only took 20 days to reach the southern border.

Although the Nangong family had been waiting for the arrival of Shiziling, they did not expect him to come so quickly, Nangong Xia and Nangong Bo, the guard of Narcissus City, personally brought a group of cronies to Shiziling's camp to greet him.

After some greetings, Shi Ziling introduced Nangong father and son into his Chinese military tent and sat down, Nangong Xia said: "Ziling, your kid's speed is really fast enough, it only took twenty days to get to us, but, why did you only bring so few people? How can this little man be enough to sneak attack Mijing City?"

Shi Ziling said: "The fifteen thousand people I brought with me are the elite of my legion, and there are 35,000 people coming behind. The reason why I came in batches is just to hide people's eyes, I don't want to leak the news, if Li Yuanzhi tells me my whereabouts, it will be difficult to succeed this plan. ”

Nangong Bo said: "Brother Shi, although your fifteen thousand people are under the banner of the local militia group, as soon as I enter your military camp, I feel very different from other legions. Whether it was the method of setting up camp or the momentum and confidence of the sergeants and generals, it was greatly beyond my expectations. Father once mentioned Brother Shi, your way of leading the troops is ingenious, and it seems that it is indeed extraordinary. ”

Shi Ziling said with a smile: "Brother Nangong praised, I have no experience in the way of leading troops to fight, in addition to maintaining the advantages of following the traditional military camp, I have added some comprehension and changes from martial arts, and I don't know if Lu Dao can be used in actual combat." ”

"This time, our plan to attack Li Yuan's lair is indeed very risky, and it is very important to get the support of your Nangong family. I plan to let the team rest for a day today, and after we have discussed the plan for the next day, we will continue on the road early tomorrow morning. ”

Nangong father and son were quite impressed by the 15,000-strong special attack division led by Shi Ziling, and felt that although the number of this team was small, it acted quickly, the orders were neat, and it contained a lot of martial arts masters, and it was expected that the combat power must be very good.

The adoption of the banner of the local militia by this special assault division also gave them enlightenment: today, in addition to the existence of such a huge force as the five great families, there are countless small and medium-sized forces in various places, and almost every local town has its own militia guard. These militia groups range from a few thousand to tens of thousands, and they have different banners, and it is difficult for the outside world to discern where they came from.

After discussing with Shi Ziling, Nangong and his son further refined the next march route of the two sides. Nangong Xia proposed to divide the troops into two routes, the 50,000 elite soldiers of the Nangong family under the Narcissus Legion took the small road, and the Songhu Legion of Shiziling took the official road, and the two sides waited for the opportunity to launch a surprise attack after the convergence of Mijing City, hoping to conquer Li Yuan's lair in one fell swoop.

In order to avoid people's eyes, the 50,000 elite soldiers of the Narcissus Legion will also use the method of the Songhu Legion to change to the miscellaneous banner of the local militia, and only change their own flag back after coming to Mijing City.

The reason for this arrangement is that the Nangong family has their own considerations. Although they had decided to join forces with Shi Ziling to attack Li Yuan, they did not want to rush to the front line to directly confront Li Yuan's men, but hoped to let Shi Ziling's Songhu Legion take the lead to avoid too much loss of the Narcissus Legion.

Because no matter how to cover up the hiding, once the team approaches Mijing City, it is expected that it will definitely be discovered by Li Yuan's men, and if the Songhu Army of Shiziling takes the official road, it will definitely bear the brunt of the attack, and it will inevitably clash with Li Yuan's defenders first.

You must know that although Li Yuan's army has been fully invested in the northern front to attack Xiahou Yuan, Mijing City, which is his old nest, is the largest city in the west after all, and there are still at least 60,000 or 70,000 troops stationed behind.

Li Yan, the city guard of Mijing City, is Li Yuan's second brother, and his personal strength is second only to Li Yuan and Li Zhun, and he is the third master in the Tongtian Sect. Although this person's martial arts strength is not the strongest, he is quite cautious in his actions, and if Shi Ziling wants to attack Mijing City successfully, it will inevitably consume a huge amount.

Nangong Xia hoped that Shiziling's Songhu Army would first consume part of the defensive strength of Mijing City, and then lead the army to show up and work together to break through Mijing City.

Shi Ziling had no objection to Nangong Xia's proposal, and he also knew that he had been running all the way for a long time, and sooner or later he would be discovered and hiding, so he just wanted to break Mijing City as quickly as possible, and he didn't want to think about it as much as anyone whose team had more losses.

In Shiziling, if this expedition is not successful, it will be benevolent, and it is interesting for the Nangong family to let them borrow the Narcissus City and divide 50,000 elite soldiers to support it. His idea for this expedition was to surprise the enemy and be unprepared, and he didn't expect the people of the Nangong family to really join forces with his team to fall into a long-term battle.

Nangong father and son were very happy to see that Shi Ziling had no objection to their plan, and the father and son immediately left after agreeing with Shi Ziling on some details of cooperation, and hurriedly went to prepare for tomorrow's march.

Early the next morning, Shi Ziling's special attack division continued to set off, and quickly marched along the official road all the way to Mijing City in the Western Regions.

The 50,000 elite soldiers led by Nangong Xia personally also went on the road after changing the banner, but Nangong Xia did not let his subordinates advance at full speed, and after turning into the path, he ordered his subordinates to slow down the march slightly, in order not to bear the brunt of the clash with Li Yan's defenders.

The news of Xiahou Yuan's success in asking for help from the east soon reached Li Yuan, and Li Yuan, who was supervising the battle in front of Yanzhao Pass, immediately discussed this matter with his cronies.

Li Xiaoyao, who was in charge of receiving spies from all over the country, said to everyone: "According to the latest news I received, Shiziling in the east has led the 50,000 elite soldiers of the Songhu Legion to set off to rescue, they are going directly to Black Dragon City, it is estimated that the road will take about fifty days at the earliest, plus it will take ten days to reach Yanzhao Pass from Black Dragon City, and it will take about two months to arrive here in total." ”

Li Zhun frowned and said: "Shiziling has traveled thousands of miles to lead the army to the north to support Xiahou Yuan, I don't know what the Dao is for? I haven't heard of how good the relationship between the Xiahou family and Shiziling is?"

Li Xiaoyao said: "According to the reliable information we have received, Xiahou Yuan promised that once the eastern reinforcements helped them repel our attack, they were even willing to hand over control of the north, just to retain their century-old inheritance of the Xiahou family. Such a promise is indeed quite tempting, and it is expected that Xiahou Yuan has already seen that the defeat is decided, so he ruthlessly threw out such a reward. ”

Li Zhun said: "This is a very headache, Yanzhao Pass is easy to defend and difficult to attack, if we blindly attack, the casualties will be very large, but if the siege is slowly consumed like this, I don't know when the defense of the Xiahou family will collapse." If they insist on the arrival of reinforcements from Shiziling, it will be even more troublesome......"

Li Yuan said coldly: "There is no case, before Shi Ziling arrives, we must break through Yanzhao Pass!" Based on my observation in the past two days, the martial arts masters who led the army of the Xiahou family to defend the city have been almost consumed, and the number of masters attacking the city on our side is still abundant, it is estimated that they will not be able to support it in five days at most, unless they ...... it."

"Unless what?"

Li Zhun and Li Xiaoyao hurriedly asked.

Li Yuan sneered: "I told you a long time ago, once the war starts this time, Xiahou Yuan will definitely ask for help everywhere after seeing that the situation is not good, since he will go to the east to ask for help, the Shura Mansion near the Black Dragon City will definitely be the object of his help." ”

"Bai Wuya of Shura Mansion is Shi Ziling's father-in-law, since Shi Ziling has sent troops, Bai Wuya will definitely send his masters to help Xiahou Feiyang defend the city, so everyone should be prepared early. ”

Li Zhun said: "Although the number of people in Shura Mansion is not much, almost all of them are first-class players, Xiahou Feiyang has the help of the masters of Shura Mansion, it seems that we have to postpone the day of breaking the city." ”

Li Yuan said indifferently: "Bai Wuya's help to Xiahou Yuan at a critical moment has long been in my calculations, they don't have many people, and it is impossible for them all to rush to the front line to defend the city, although it can delay the time for us to break through Yanzhao Pass, after all, there is no need to worry." I'm still worried about this kid Shi Ziling. ”