"He won't stand in line easily, and instead of ending up embarrassed, it's better to make a good impression when they meet for the first time."

Sitting on horseback, Zhao Ning lazily explained to Nangong Xu.

"That's the same, Zhaoning, don't look at the day of giggling, it's smart to do things."

"That's it!"

After waiting for the carriage from Lanzhou City, he galloped for three days and then waited for one day. At Zhang You's suggestion, the seven of them went to Qiuzi with the horse team.

Three thousand Ziyang princes' troops rode horses like a long dragon, closely following the convoy.

"At our speed, I'm afraid it will take more than a month to reach Qiuzi."

Yue Dan pointed to the map and was explaining the next journey to everyone.

"Let's go, walk slowly, so that nothing goes wrong."

Now Zhang You, the second heaviest in the Liuhe Realm, is the core of the team, and under his orders, the seven brothers of Zhaoning and the convoy and the pro-army marched towards Anxi together.

Finally saw the grassland, and the vast northern plains appeared in front of Zhaoning and the others. The eastern part of the Northern Plains has been occupied by the Heavenly Sage and is divided into dozens of provinces, and the southwest corner of the Northern Plains is the Western Regions, which is full of yellow sand.

Beiting and Anxi, the two protectorates, one to the east and the other to the west of the Qianyuan Khanate, were the forefront of the battle between the Heavenly Sage and the Qianyuan.

Over the steppe, to the desert. The weather became hot in an instant, and the sun stared directly at Zhaoning and the gang, and Peng Feng wanted to shoot it down. The seven brothers complained bitterly, but the royal army did not move like a mountain, and Zhaoning's eyelids jumped when he saw it.

This pro-army was specially formed by the Holy Emperor and personally selected to defend Zhaoning. Maybe the vast majority of them are not as good as Zhaoning, but that perseverance and perseverance are incomparable to the current Zhaoning.

Gritting his teeth, Zhaoning turned his horse's head and came to the front of the pro-army. The pro-soldier with a spear in his right hand slammed his left hand on his chest and shouted in unison: "Lord Chitose!" ”

"Ma Liang, I said, everyone is so tired now, you don't need to salute me."

"Your Highness, this is the rule."

"Now my words are the rule."

"Well, I don't know what Your Highness is doing here?"

Zhao Ning slowly drove with Ma Liang, drew his sword and shouted,

"Lone wants to suffer with all the soldiers!"

Ma Liang was stunned for a moment, looked at Zhaoning, but did not dissuade him. Because he couldn't see a trace of hesitation on His Highness's face, it was full of tenacity. Ma Liang felt a warm current in his heart, and shouted at the pro-army team: "The prince is here, don't cheer up yet!" ”

"Yes!"

……

Due to the large number of teams, the crowd did not take the official road again. Anxi is no better than the province of the Inner Regions, and the official roads are full of troops coming and going, and if they are not careful, they will be delayed, and that is to delay the warplane. In Anxi, caravans walked in the yellow sand, or took the old official roads, and everything made way for war. In the long yellow sand, all the horses are descendants of spirit beasts, and if they were ordinary horses, they would have died of exhaustion.

Just passing through a small battlefield, the scouts of the Qianyuan Khanate met with the patrols of Anxi and fought fiercely, leaving behind several corpses. The corpses of the Imperial soldiers should have been hastily buried by their teammates, while Qianyuan's corpse was left untouched.

In Anxi, once the soldiers of the Heavenly Saint Empire are sacrificed, because of the high temperature, if they can't bring them back, they will bury them in place and take away their identity cards.

Each soldier in the Empire has an identification badge that can be used to identify the remains after the sacrifice.

This is the battlefield, and you will encounter enemies at any time, and no one knows who will leave next. When relatives and friends leave, they can only leave their grief behind, get on their horses and continue to fight!

Most of the soldiers here come from the Inner Regions, and they come to this long yellow sand, divided into themselves and nine into the country. Death is the most mundane thing in their eyes, and they will fearlessly wait for this day to come.

The purpose of the two prefectures was to prevent the Qianyuan Khanate from attacking the provinces of the Inner Regions. Here, war is the most important thing, and the most important thing in the hearts of the two of them is how to stop Qianyuan's attack, and then how to fight him back. The only slightly richer city in Anxi is Qiuzi, and the territory of the other "kings" is like that.

Comfort the feudal clans, and Ji Ning Waikou

There are more than 300,000 troops under the rule of Anxi, and there are as many as hundreds of forces from all sides. All in all, Anxi has a large influence and a complex region.

Finally, Zhang You looked up and vaguely saw a section of the city wall.

"It's Qiuzi, we're here, we're here!"

A shout woke up the people who were in a trance. The agitated crowd stopped outside the city gate, because the defenders closed the gate as soon as they saw Zhao Ning and his gang. So Zhang You went with the Ziyang King Dragon Pattern Token to inform the defenders who were waiting for the battle.

King Ziyang is here!

Both the Imperial and Anxi Messengers use the birds in the spirit beasts, and they are extremely fast, and it only takes a few days to go back and forth. Therefore, Qiuzi had long known that King Ziyang would come.

Hearing that it was the arrival of King Ziyang, and it seemed that the army had no siege equipment, it was all cavalry, and the general defending the city breathed a sigh of relief, but still did not dare to relax his vigilance, pulled Zhang You up from under the city wall, and hurriedly sent someone to inform the capital to come.

With the protection of Guo Yi in the capital, the guard Lin Zhengang came to inspect the dragon pattern token in Zhang You's hand, and immediately ordered to open the city gate.

"If it's really King Ziyang, how is Your Highness? Can you encounter danger on the way? ”

"Everything is fine, and His Highness is also excited."

"Why doesn't Your Highness take the official road, it will make us wait for a long time."

His Royal Highness said that if he delayed the military plane and caused the soldier to lose his life in vain, he would become a sinner for the ages. So His Highness would rather suffer some of his own, and that's how the businessmen came anyway, didn't they? ”

Dadu Hu and Shangdu Hu glanced at each other, and then looked at Zhang You, who was calm, and asked who he was.

"In Xia Zhang You, I have seen the protection of the capital, the protection of the capital, the generals."

"It turned out to be Zhang Shizi, why did I say that my mouth is so extraordinary."

After a few polite words, Dadu Hu led the crowd out of the city to greet the king of Ziyang, and at the same time sent soldiers to disperse the people. Qiuzi is not as good as the imperial capital, and there are many enemy assassins and spies.

Zhao Ning dismounted from a distance, walked quickly in front of the generals, and bent down to make a gesture.

"Guangxu Zhaoning has seen the protection of the capital, the protection of the capital, the generals."

This can be a big surprise for the rest of the people, they said that they couldn't stand the eldest grandson of the Holy Emperor, and the future Holy King bowed, and hurriedly prepared to kneel. Dadu Hu was about to kneel, but was held by Zhao Ning, and hurriedly said,

"Your Highness, the ministers will never dare to be, and they will ......"

"Most of the protectors, the protectors of the capital, and all the soldiers who came, Zhaoning worshiped the soldiers who had defended the empire for decades, and you fought bloodily in exchange for the stability of Zhaoning for more than ten years before, and in exchange for the comfort of the people of the world, it is worth worshipping Zhaoning, please hurry up."

Zhao Ning stepped forward and helped the kneeling generals one by one.

Looking at such a modest and such a King of Ziyang, Guo Yi was a little surprised. In his opinion, whether Zhao Ning's move is sincere or not, it can show his ability.

When everything is in order, Zhaoning and Dadu Hu, Shangdu Hu got in the car and went to the Duhu Mansion, picked up the wind and washed the dust, and by the way, met with the officials of the Anxi Duhu Mansion in Qiuzi.

Entering the lobby of the Metropolitan Protectorate, many people were already waiting, and Zhaoning also understood them one by one and asked them one by one.

General Anbei was petrified and brave, General Dangkou Gao Lingzhi, and Sima Ming and Sima Guohuai left an extremely deep impression on Zhaoning. Petrified Yong because of a scar on his face, a scar from his nose to the base of his ears; Gao Lingzhi is because he is obviously a general, dressed in white and looks like a Confucian scholar, and he can't imagine him galloping on the battlefield; Sima Ming and Guo Huai are all because of their temperament, the temperament that you know is a good official when you stand there, and the temperament that cares about the world.

After learning about the general bureaucratic system of the Imperial Protectorate, Zhaoning returned to the mansion that Guo Yi had prepared for him. The mansion is not big, only a pool of water, a tree, and a hut.

This is a special order from the Holy Emperor, not extravagant, no people, and Zhao Ning also readily agreed. Looking at the placement in this room, Zhao Ning only felt that it was very different from the inner domain. The inner study is the study, and the kitchen is the kitchen, but they are all crammed into one room here. Although it is a little unaccustomed, it also adds a touch of fireworks.

Yu Zhongxiao also appeared, due to the long distance, Zhaoning did not bring a single subordinate, and only Yu Zhongxiao took care of food and daily life. found the study, Zhao Ning sat down, and wrote a letter to Li Ji with peace of mind. I've been here for more than a month, I don't know what's going on at home, I don't know what this little girl is doing?

Still thinking about it, my hands have begun to write unconsciously. is still a running account, writing down all the encounters along the way, and expressing his thoughts.

Before you know it, night falls. Zhaoning had read and written a lot, so he had no choice but to stop writing and asked Yu Zhongxiao to find someone to send the flying bird spirit animal, the blue bird, back to Chang'an.

Looking at the lively appearance outside the street, Zhao Ning began to admire Guo Yi's courage. Knowing that there are so many spies and spies, he still cancels the curfew, making the night of Qiuzi like day, how confident and proud Guo Yi should be.

Looking at the lively street market on the second floor, Zhaoning's thoughts had drifted to Chang'an, thousands of miles away, thinking about the past and the future......