The reason why Li Jiangyao was so excited was because he suddenly heard Yudra mention the word "Iron and Stone Mountain".

You must know that Li Jiangyao is not a person from this time and space, but from the distant modern world. Although he has completely integrated into Shengtang at this time, and has also experienced ups and downs, and even become a key part of the current situation in the world, this cannot completely change Li Jiangyao's background.

When he graduated from Yanwutang, Li Jiangyao, a special martial arts officer with excellent grades, did not choose the tiger and leopard rider of the forbidden army with noble status and good treatment, but chose the Zhenjiang Protectorate stationed in the bitter cold border, and the only reason was that he accidentally discovered the special place of Tieshi Mountain in the ancient books of Guozijian.

It is reported that Tieshi Mountain has an entrance through the Water Moon Fantasy Realm and connecting foreign time and space, and Li Jiangyao judged that this may be his passage back to the modern world.

Whether you want to go back or not is one thing, and whether you can go back is another.

However, it is a pity that he deliberately joined the Pegasus Scout Battalion, rummaged through the military maps and Western Frontier Chronicles, and ran through the various vassal states in the Ghost Desert, but he never found the whereabouts of Iron and Stone Mountain.

In the end, Li Jiangyao himself gradually gave up. Coupled with the later chaos in Western Xinjiang and the Turkic invasion, a series of earth-shattering events pushed him to keep running forward, and he no longer had time to care about the problem of returning to modern times.

But now, because of the lead mine, he suddenly heard the name of the place that was both familiar and unfamiliar, which made Li Jiangyao secretly excited.

"Are you sure that place is called Ironstone Mountain?" He reconfirmed: "What are those words?" ”

Yudra was slightly stunned, and then replied: "Zili Wenbantimu is a special tribal language of Yanqi Kingdom, Zili means iron, Wenbanti means a stone as hard as iron, and Mu refers to a mountain in them, which together should be a stone mountain like iron, that is, an ironstone mountain in the Shengtang language." ”

Li Jiangyao said in his heart: Then you can't be wrong. But there is really nowhere to find the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get them. After a year and a half of hard work as a Pegasus scout, he almost patrolled the entire western Xinjiang, but he couldn't find Tieshi Mountain, who knows, it is actually a little-known small mountain village in Yanqi Kingdom.

Zili Winbantimu, or tribal language, who the would have imagined that?

He thought for a while, turned his head and asked Xu Youchang, "Has Tanley's side stopped recently?" Are there any signs of a major attack by the enemy? ”

Xu Youchang and him were like brothers, and when they were studying in the imperial capital, the two of them mingled every day, and they couldn't be more familiar. As soon as Li Jiangyao spoke, Xu Youchang probably guessed the meaning: Could this product be that he wanted to accompany the fairy Xiahou Ninghan?

Thinking of this, Xu Youchang tacitly cooperated: "The intention of the Turks to shrink and retreat is very obvious, and it will ...... in a short period of time Oh no, it's impossible to trouble us again for a long time. Moreover, there are the main forces of the four armies here, and there is Du Jian's second army guarding Shengyuguan, so there is nothing to worry about. ”

Li Jiangyao nodded at him approvingly: "That's it...... Then I won't have anything to do in Zijin Pass......"

Dong Tianxing is old and refined, and immediately heard what Li Jiangyao meant: "Or, most of the guards will go around with us?" ”

"Okay, your proposal is very good," Li Jiangyao said with a smile: "To study and study lead toxin is also a serious matter in the fight against the Turks." ”

As soon as his words fell, Lian Ji pouted, "Then I'll go too!" ”

Li Jiangyao was stunned: "What are you going to do?" ”

Lian Ji raised her hand and pointed at Xiahou Ninghan: "Don't you just want to accompany her?" I'm not at ease, I have to watch! ”

As soon as these words came out, Dadu Hu's inexplicable "love triangle" was suddenly exposed in front of everyone. Xiahou Ninghan was stunned for a moment, then his pretty face turned crimson, and he said angrily: "What nonsense are you talking about?" ”

Unexpectedly, before Li Jiangyao had time to comfort Xiahou Ninghan and reprimand Lian Ji by the way, Huo Liya, the county lord of Nanhua who was sitting on the side, said loudly: "I know the Yanqi country the best, and I will go too!" ”

Dong Tianxing was dumbfounded: Good guy, General Li...... This backyard is really messy!

Li Jiangyao seemed to have guessed Old Man Dong's thoughts, and he actually had time to say to him first, "It's not what you imagined!" Then he said to the three girls: "County Lord, don't make trouble, the Third Army can't do without people." Sect Master Xiahou, don't listen to Lian Ji's nonsense, I didn't mean that. Lianhime, you give me a stop, or ......"

"How else?" Lian Ji puffed up and said, "The legs are long on me, and I can go wherever I want." ”

Xiahou Ninghan returned to his usual coldness: "You can go if you want, but you are not allowed to talk nonsense." ”

To tell the truth, although Lian Ji was ruthless, she was also quite jealous of this beautiful sect master who was several levels higher than her martial arts. After being glanced at by Xiahou Ning coldly, she didn't dare to make another mistake easily, so she only pursed her mouth and sulked.

Li Jiangyao shook his head helplessly, and turned to Dong Tianxing and the others: "Then let's decide." I, Sect Master Xiahou, and ...... Lian Ji, the three of us will go to Iron Stone Mountain with you to see what kind of lead is it, and try to find a way to crack the poison soldiers as soon as possible. ”

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The next day, Li Jiangyao and the others left Zijin Pass and headed straight to the southwest.

Their team was strong: 300 scouts under the Intelligence Department were responsible for opening the way in front, 2,000 elite soldiers from the commander's battalion of the white-robed army were in the center to protect them, and 1,000 lightly armored flying horsemen of the Thunderbolt Third Army followed behind the palace.

Holding the handsome banner of the Zhenjiang Army, this team of people and horses passed through the state and the government, all the way unimpeded, and it took more than ten days to arrive at the Yanqi country located in the south-central part of Western Xinjiang.

When I crossed the border, I saw the king of Yanqi leading the prince, the prime minister, and a large group of nobles of the Yanqi country to greet him on the Silk Road.

Today's Li Jiangyao can be regarded as the emperor of the Western Frontier, which country dares to disrespectfully submit? Not to mention that the 350,000 ironclad soldiers in Zhenjiang did not agree, the identity of the creditor alone was enough to make the kings of various countries "happy and convinced".

In the noise of drums, King Yanqi seriously gave Li Dadu a salute, and then personally held the reins and led the horse for Li Jiangyao, which made Li Jiangyao embarrassed.

After politely declining the king's courteous service, he turned his head and whispered to the accompanying Yudra: "I just asked you to inform them in advance, why did it make it so grand?"

Yudra smiled: It's not that I let them be like this, it's that Daduhu suddenly personally led so many people to Yanqi, and the other party is not sure.

Li Jiangyao smiled helplessly and briefly explained his intention to King Yanqi. King Yanqi was confused, and he couldn't understand why the capital protector of the dignified Xinjiang army was so interested in the silkworm mine.

However, the identity was there, even if he had 10,000 questions, he didn't dare to ask more. King Yanqi smiled and invited Li Jiangyao to go to the royal court to rest for a few days, enjoy the most characteristic song and dance performances in Yanqi, and then it was not too late to see the mine.

Li Jiangyao hurriedly declined, saying that he was short of time and could not delay for a moment.

Seeing that he said so solemnly, King Yanqi guessed that it should be related to military affairs, so he had to give up, and immediately said that the lord was with him and accompanied the army to Shuiyue City.

When he arrived at the place, Li Jiangyao was worried that there would be too many people, first, he would frighten the villagers of the local tribes, and secondly, he would delay his search for the secret of Tieshi Mountain, so he ordered that all the accompanying soldiers and horses would be stationed in Shuiyue City to wait, and only Dong Tianxing and his party, Xiahou Ninghan, Lian Ji and a few white-robed soldiers would go into the mountain with him.

In addition, there are two guides borrowed from King Yanqi.

The prospecting team of more than 30 people, under the guidance of local guides, left Shuiyue City and entered the vast Yarumqi Mountains.

The Yarumqi Mountains stretch for 2,000 miles from east to west and are one of the three major mountain ranges in the Ghost Desert in Western Xinjiang. The reason why the ancestors of the Shenhua family chose to set up the fortress vault here is precisely because they value its majestic and dangerous characteristics. However, the secret base of the Shenhua family is in the northeast of the mountain range, and the Zili Wenbantimu village of the Yanqi Kingdom is at the southern foot of the mountain range, and the two places are more than 400 miles apart, which shows that this Yarumqi Mountain covers a wide area.

After walking less than half the way, the terrain in the mountains was not suitable for the horses to advance, so everyone dismounted and walked instead.

Taking advantage of the good weather, the guide suggested that everyone should speed up their pace and make more hasses, and strive to arrive at Zili Vanbantimu Village as soon as possible. The climate in western Xinjiang is already weird, often said to change, and the Yarumqi Mountain is even more weird in the weird, you can usually feel the change of the four seasons in one day, one moment it is still sunny, the next moment it is rain and snow.

Li Jiangyao had led the troops to fight in Western Xinjiang for many years, and he knew that what the guide said was true, so he ordered everyone not to delay, and to advance into the depths of the mountains with more strength under their feet.

Fortunately, these people who came to find the lead mine, whether it was Xiahou Ninghan, Lianji, or Amunta, Wu Rong, were all strong martial artists, and they walked on foot in the mountains without feeling the slightest hardship.

Apart from...... Dong Tianxing.

The old man has read books for half his life, and has been an official for half his life, how can he suffer so much, he is so tired and tired on the road. Li Jiangyao had no choice but to let the guards make a sliding rod, and together with the heroes of Miaojiang in Yunnan, they took turns to carry Lao Dong up the mountain.

After a day and a night of driving, everyone finally arrived at the destination of this trip, the primitive tribe deep in the mountains, Zili Wenbantimu.

At this time, there were already local officials of the Yanqi Kingdom, who were waiting here in advance on the orders of their king, accompanied by an inspector of the Intelligence Department and an infantry squad of the Fifth Army that had previously sealed the mine.

They brought the head of the tribe, the head of the village, to meet Li Jiangyao and briefed everyone on the village and the situation of the lead.

The name of Zili Vanban Timu is indeed related to the mine cave next to it. Because they can produce silkworms, that is, lead, they have been called a mountain like iron and stone since ancient times. In addition to cultivating a few thin fields and hunting prey in the mountains, the local people can also rely on minerals to exchange for some practical things.

However, when the old village chief heard that these adults in front of him were going to see the mine, he was so frightened that he waved his hand again and again, and said no.