The first echelon led by Shi Ziling quickly turned around a small hill in front, and everyone raised their eyes to look ahead, only to see the majestic and magnificent Yanzhao Pass standing far in front.

The defenders of Shiziling Zhidao Yanzhao Pass should have been able to see their own troops from the lookout on the city tower, and immediately ordered to slow down the march and let everyone move forward at a normal speed. Prior to this, they had picked up some gravel along the way and loaded it onto the empty wagons, making them look as if they were filled with a lot of food and supplies.

The hundred leading cavalry selected by Yin Qi still walked at the front of the line, and Shi Ziling rode with Yin Qi to follow them. Although Yin Qi knew that it would be extremely difficult for him to go to Yanzhao Pass with these 5,000 people, he had great trust in Shi Ziling's ability, and he had already made up his mind to build a career under Shi Ziling, so he was not very flustered.

Just as the special attack division was gradually approaching Yanzhao Pass, Li Xiaoyao in Yanzhao Pass was busy dealing with various military affairs. Since the successful capture of Yanzhao Pass, Li Xiaoyao was soon appointed by Li Yuan as the temporary commander of Yanzhao Pass, with full responsibility for dispatching the transportation of military materials from all over the rear to ensure the combat strength of Li Yuan's two major armies on the front.

Although Li Xiaoyao wanted to follow Li Yuan to Black Dragon City to exterminate the Xiahou family, he also understood that Yan Zhao Pass was extremely important, and they spent so much money to capture this city pass, so naturally they could not afford to lose.

However, the current Xiahou family has been defeated and retreated one after another, and they have no strength to counterattack Yanzhao Pass, so Li Xiaoyao is not very worried about the safety of Yanzhao Pass, but spends most of his energy on deploying materials sent from various places and collecting and analyzing intelligence from other places in the Mingyue Continent.

Due to the extremely tragic battle against Yanzhao Pass before, the towers of Yanzhao Pass were seriously damaged, and Li Xiaoyao has been urging his subordinates to step up repairs these days.

In order to facilitate work, Li Xiaoyao's office was set up in the military camp under the city gate. This was originally the place where Xiahou Feiyang supervised the war on a daily basis, but after Xiahou Feiyang was defeated and retreated, Yanzhao Pass was in a mess, and Li Xiaoyao first used this military camp as his temporary office.

Although the battle at Yanzhao Pass has ended, it is still the hub connecting the two places in the northwest, and all the materials and equipment transported from the rear of the west, as well as grain, grass and ordnance, must pass through Yanzhao Pass before they can be sent to the front line, so the vehicle team entering and leaving Chengguan every day is quite busy.

Because the war has just ended, it is inevitable that there will be remnants of the Xiahou family's defeated troops in this vicinity, and this has always been the territory of the north before, and there are many small and medium-sized forces entrenched in the vicinity, so Li Xiaoyao has repeatedly taken care of his subordinates not to be careless, and strictly checks the teams that enter and leave the city every day, in case someone waits for an opportunity to make trouble.

At this time, Li Xiaoyao was listening to the report of the hall master of the Heavenly Eagle Hall of the Tongtian Sect, the Heavenly Eagle Hall was specially responsible for intelligence collection in the Tongtian Sect, and the current hall master Li Feicheng was also a descendant of the Li family.

Li Feicheng said: "Young Sect Master, according to the latest news we have received, the battle situation between Tang Jingtian in the central part and the crusading army of the imperial court is still not completely clear, and it seems that Luo Linhai's army has the upper hand, but it has never been able to achieve an overwhelming victory. And although Tang Ying's side is at a disadvantage, they are still well fed, and they don't know when they will fight. ”

Li Xiaoyao said: "Tang Ying and Luo Linhai's strength is not weak, the more fierce the fight between them, the more beneficial it is for us, and we can easily deal with them after we sweep the north." What's the news in the east? My father has been very worried about the movement of Shiziling in the east, isn't he leading a team to Black Dragon City for reinforcements, how many days will it take to arrive?"

Li Xiaoyao, like Li Yuan, was extremely concerned about Shiziling, so he quickly asked about Shiziling's movements.

Li Feicheng said: "According to the news we have gotten, Shi Ziling's trip this time is not smooth, I don't know why the speed of the march is always not fast, according to their current speed, I am afraid it will take about a month to reach Black Dragon City." ”

"A month?"

Li Xiaoyao was surprised and said in surprise: "Although Shi Ziling is a novice in leading troops on the march, it is really surprising that their reinforcements to the north this time are so slow. Although my father is standing still in front of Black Dragon City for the time being, it is just to dissipate the sharpness of the Xiahou Legion's desperate counterattack, and if he really wants to launch an offensive, he will be able to break through Black Dragon City in ten days at most. ”

"If Shiziling's Songhu Legion is really late, not only will it not be able to save Xiahou Yuan, but it will be a lone army that has fallen into our encirclement, wouldn't it be a bit strange to throw themselves into the net? ”

Li Feicheng was puzzled and said, "Wouldn't it be better for Shi Ziling to throw himself into the net? Does the young sect leader mean that he is worried that our information is not accurate?....?"

Li Xiaoyao said: "Last time, my father heard that Shiziling's march was slower than expected, and he said that it was strange, but now it seems that there is indeed something wrong with it. If they are only a few days slower and reasonable, now that we are about to wipe out the Xiahou family, the Songhu Legion of Shiziling is still out of reach, this is really too strange, I am afraid that there will be another article!"

Li Feicheng said suspiciously: "But the spies in front of us have repeatedly confirmed that the reinforcements that went to the north were indeed led by Shi Ziling himself, and Shi Ziling showed up every day along the way, always walking at the front of the team and looking extremely conspicuous, there could be no fraud?"

Li Xiaoyao frowned and thought about it repeatedly, and suddenly his body shook and said: "You said that Shi Ziling shows up every day?" But as far as I know, although Shi Ziling's martial arts strength is amazing, he is not a person who is very happy, but he is usually quite low-key. This time he led the troops to the expedition, but he showed his face in front of people every day, could it be said that he was deliberately hiding people's eyes and ears?"

Li Feicheng saw that Li Xiaoyao looked nervous, and said with some trepidation: "Could it be that the young sect leader means that Shi Ziling didn't really want to send troops to rescue Xiahou Yuan, but just deliberately made a show for the people of the world to see?"

Li Xiaoyao was silent for a while, Shi Ziling is recognized as the strongest among today's young generation, even Li Yuan can't help him, Li Xiaoyao is naturally quite jealous of Shi Ziling. Li Yuan had repeatedly taken care of him, and he must pay close attention to Shi Ziling's movements, obviously because he was worried that he would cause trouble to the Li family.

"So what kind of medicine is sold in the gourd of this Shiziling?"

Just as Li Xiaoyao was puzzled, a sergeant outside came in to tell him, saying that he saw a team of men and horses coming here from the watchtower, and the flag should be from Mijing City, and it was estimated that he was transporting grain and grass supplies.

Li Xiaoyao asked, "How many people?"

The sergeant replied, "It looks like there are about 5,000 people." ”

Since Li Xiaoyao took over Yanzhao Pass, he issued a military order early that any team with more than 3,000 people wants to enter the pass, and Li Xiaoyao himself must personally inspect it before it can be released. When Li Xiaoyao heard that there were 5,000 people, he immediately stood up and said, "The distribution of materials in Mijingcheng this time is very fast, and the second uncle must be worried that the consumption on the front line is too large, so he ordered someone to hurry up and send it over." I'm going to go upstairs and have a look. ”

Li Feicheng wanted to follow, but Li Xiaoyao said to him: "You should first pass on the movements of Shiziling to your father on the front line as soon as possible." I always feel that the process of Shiziling is a little weird, but I can't think of a way to do it for the time being, if only my father was here, with his old man's wisdom, he will definitely be able to see what is going on. ”

"In addition, I also want to know about the situation on the Nangong family's side, well, let's talk in detail after I come down from the city tower. ”

Li Feicheng bowed down and agreed to go to the flying pigeon to pass the book, and Li Xiaoyao took a few entourages to the city tower. When he came to the city tower of Yanzhao Pass, Li Xiaoyao came directly to the watchtower and looked forward, only to see that five thousand military horses were marching unhurriedly here, and saw that the flag equipment was indeed the city defender of Mijing City.

Meng Dekun, the guard on duty at the head of the city, stepped forward and said, "Young Sect Master, it seems that these five thousand men and horses should be a transport team transporting supplies from Mijing City, and it seems that the one who is at the forefront is Yin Qi, the deputy capital commander. My eldest brother Meng De just served as a garrison in Mijing City, and I know all the main generals of Mijing City, so I should not be wrong to recognize Yin Qi. Shall we just open the gates and let them in?"

Li Xiaoyao said: "Don't worry, it's not too late to open the door when they come to the gate and see clearly, it's an extraordinary time, it's better to be cautious and careful in everything." By the way, you see that there seem to be several groups of people a mile behind them, I don't know what kind of road they are?"

Meng Dekun said: "I have taken a closer look just now, the scattered cavalry behind Yin Qi seems to be the militia guards, it is estimated that Xiahou Feiyang came to join our Tongtian Sect after his defeat and retreat." Recently, such militia groups have often come to defect, but these people are stragglers in teams of several hundred people, and they will not be of much use for any climate. ”

"The infantry battalion in the back seems to be our people, but they can't see the flag too far away, and they are probably also transporting grain and grass supplies. These people are coming from the rear, so there should be no problem. ”

Li Xiaoyao nodded and said, "Even so, we must also guard against the small and medium-sized forces in the vicinity who take advantage of the emptiness of our forces to plot against us." After the transport team of Mijing City enters the customs, the militia cavalry team behind must strictly check the origin to prevent them from entering the city to make trouble. In another hour, it will be almost dark, and no one will be allowed to enter the customs after nightfall. ”

When Yin Qi's transport team came to the pass, he quickly sent someone to send a special transport order, and Meng Dekun on the city pass told Li Xiaoyao after checking that it was correct, and it was indeed Yin Qi of Mijing City who led the team to transport grain and grass materials here.

Li Xiaoyao agreed to open and close, but he took care of Meng Dekun and said: "Let Yin Qi and them move faster, and try to count and hand over all the materials before dark after entering the customs, so that they can be sent directly to the front line early tomorrow morning." ”

"In addition, those militia cavalry teams not far behind must be strictly checked, although these cavalry teams are only a few hundred people, but there are thousands of people in total, it is better to be careful. ”

Meng Dekun received the order to go down, and the soldiers below immediately opened the city gate, and then lowered the drawbridge, allowing Yin Qi's five thousand military horses to enter.