Wisps of black smoke drifted out of the furnace chimney, and the black pressure was like a rain cloud.

The smell of burning wood and charcoal in the air, Su Chen took Dian Wei and fifty armor soldiers to walk in the workshop, each workshop has two or three wrought iron furnaces, blacksmiths and apprentices are naked, wearing only a backless leather sand and swinging an iron hammer to beat constantly, smashing out pieces of sparks, hitting the expected outline, and then, quenching, returning to the furnace, and then beating ......

There was a clanging sound all around.

The craftsman in the workshop was originally a subordinate official of the Ding'an City Government, and Xun Yu saw that he knew a little about iron forging, so he was transferred here. At this time, he accompanied Su Chen to inspect the market, and his steps were cautious, afraid that he would go faster than the general by one toe.

"Let's go inside!"

Walk into a workshop, dozens of iron cones are neatly stacked on the open space on the right side, weigh them in your hands, about two or three catties, less than one meter, the hammer head cone is slender and sharp, and the handle has three hands.

"Armor breaking?" Su Chen looked at the craftsman for a moment and looked at the craftsman.

"Rest assured, General, these are tested." As he spoke, he hurriedly asked a blacksmith to put a piece of iron armor tested about three steps, he picked up an iron cone, held it in his hand, took a breath, took a step, and threw it with a sharp thud, and with a crisp sound, the iron cone directly broke through the armor piece and inserted it into the small section of the stake behind.

Dian Wei stepped forward and pulled out the armor-breaking cone, touched the broken armor leaf, and nodded back to Su Chen, convinced that there was no problem.

"Reward!"

Su Chen turned around and left with satisfaction, stepped out of the courtyard gate, and said to the craftsmen who followed as he walked: "Whoever participates in the forging, the blacksmith will give five taels of silver, and the apprentice will receive two taels. ”

"Ouch, thank you for the reward!" The craftsman hurriedly knelt down, but Su Chen, who walked to the front, stopped, turned his face slightly, and his eyes squinted to the corners of his eyes: "What I appreciate today, if you are greedy for ink, I am ready to wash my neck." ”

"Yes! The subordinate officials must send all the rewards to the hands of the craftsmen. ”

"That's it!"

Out of the market, Su Chen turned over on the horse, Dian Wei walked on foot, he was tall, his weight exceeded ordinary people, ordinary horses did not move at all, as soon as he went up, he was pressed to the ground, and his urine collapsed.

"I'll find you a good horse in the future, a dignified general of the army, it's not good to walk all day."

Seeing that Dian Wei was seven or eight steps behind, Su Chen felt that something was wrong, but it would be a bit nerve-wracking to really say that he was looking for a good horse and matched Dian Wei.

Hmmm-

Above the sky, a black dot let out a fierce cry, and then swooped towards this side, the next moment, Dian Wei stepped forward and raised his hand, and the eagle with two wings flapped the wind 'whirring', and the sharp double grasp was buckled on the giant man's right arm.

The giant man holding the giant eagle in his hand seems to be a match.

"It's time to go to the barracks."

Su Chen touched the eagle's head on horseback, and took the note tied to the eagle's talon from Dian Wei's hand. This snowfield eagle was sent by Beigongye, and there was also the slave who drove the eagle, and in a month, Dian Wei basically learned the ability of falconry, and he was already able to get started skillfully.

Flying over here, it was natural to pass the news, Su Chen dropped the note, and drank on his horse: "Drive!" Immediately, galloping out, Dian Wei's arm lifted, the eagle spread its wings and made a 'boom' sound, flew high into the sky, followed the team below, bypassed the west gate of Ding'an, and rushed to the southern suburbs and the state army camp.

In the wilderness on the outskirts, the roaring sound of horses' hooves, groups of cavalry teams holding the banner of "Su" galloped, assembled in the wilderness outside the barracks, and the team from the west galloped into the gate in the eyes, stopped in front of the handsome tent and dismounted, threw the untied saber to the soldiers who came to lead the horse, and walked into the big tent.

In the handsome tent, Dong Zhuo, Zhang Liao, Guo Jia, and new faces, such as Li Dao and Niu Gai, all came together and sat on both sides.

Su Chen strode in, everyone got up and bowed their hands in unison, and their voices were neat and loud: "I've seen the general!" ”

In the big tent, the fur of the beasts and the weapons of the swords, guns and halberds are decorated, which sets off the atmosphere of killing.

"Sit!" Su Chen tore off his cloak and sat on the tiger skin chair, and the generals on both sides sat down, making a neat 'boom' sound, and everyone was sitting in a precarious position, clenching their fists and putting them on their knees, their eyes were serious and murderous.

"March is about to pass, and at the beginning of April I will go to Yuzhou to meet with the princes, however, the new army has just been formed, and there are still many troops who have not yet entered Ding'an, I ...... will"

At a certain moment, the eagle flew through the sky and cried.

There was a noise outside the tent, and the sound of horses' hooves came from far and near, and came to the gate of the Chinese army. Su Chen frowned slightly, looked at the tent curtain, everyone also turned their heads, and saw the tent curtain open suddenly, Lu Bu stepped into the big tent with a body of wind and dust, took a few steps forward, and arched his hand towards Su Chen: "Cloth, around Yanzhou, burn beacon fire in seventeen places, I am here to give orders!" ”

Good guys, after a month, I'm back.

Su Chen nodded expressionlessly, raised his hand and asked, "The general is seated." ”

Lu Bu on the other side didn't move, but looked at Zhang Liao with a smile: "Wenyuan, guess who is coming?" ”

"Who?" Zhang Liao already knew that his subordinates could come, and when he saw Lu Bu so happy, he couldn't help but say tentatively: "Sister-in-law? ”

"Gao Shun!"

Lu Bu turned around and shouted towards the curtain as he spoke, the curtain moved, and a figure that was not tall walked in, with a strong figure, wearing iron armor, a ring-headed knife at his waist, a heroic face, and bearded lips and chins. ”

Maybe he didn't have much to say, he looked at Zhang Liao and said simply: "Wenyuan, you look a lot older." ”

Zhang Liao smiled gently, but he laughed.

"Liao, it's too late to die."

Gao Shun was stunned, Lu Bu raised the corners of his eyebrows, the three of them glanced at each other, and then they all laughed, after sitting down, Lu Bu knew that the state army had been built, and he was the main general, and he was already happy, but he was even happier at the moment.

"Feng Xian, I will tell you another good news, you are the head of the General's Mansion, and the official has been restored."

Lu Bu's smile instantly froze on his face.

"Co-authored, a certain family walked around and turned back?"

Maybe there were too many happy things, and he couldn't help but laugh along with Zhang Liao, so that Gao Shun, who was sitting behind him, sighed a little emotionally, the stubborn Lu Bu seemed to have become different here.

In the tent, everyone laughed, but Li Dao still looked at Lu Bu's figure vigilantly, and asked in a low voice, "Dong Gong, what about Lu Bu...... It's not ......"

"Shut up and I'll explain to you later."

Dong Zhuo kept smiling, but his voice was as low and cold as back then. As a bystander, he stayed away from this voice, or became unhappy, but Li Wei ate this set the most, and immediately closed his mouth and sat up straight again.

The sound of everyone squirming in the tent, Su Chen looked at the generals who had gathered, and talked with Gao Shun for a few words, and then, his eyes gradually became serious, and his words opened coldly, picking up the previous words.

"I intend to take the Xiliang army into the Yuzhou Alliance, Lu Bu and Zhang Liao continue to train the Bingzhou army, and the three thousand cavalry will be handed over to the two. To the north, Nagagawa was guarded by Lejin and Li Dian, and when I returned, I had already met with the two generals in Nagagawa. ”

Seeing Lu Bu's gaze, Su Chen knew that he wanted to speak, so he simply kept talking, and smashed his fist on the name of the city marked on the map.

“…… There are three counties in Rongzhou, Yun Yaohou occupies the north, several counties have been returned to him, and now Ding'an is close to Zhangzhou in the south, and Gulang County, which has four counties under its jurisdiction, and I want to keep some of the generals busy. During the alliance, I expect a few generals to take most of Rongzhou. ”

Hearing this, Lu Bu showed a smile on his face, and then stood up, and Zhang Liao and Gao Shun beside him also stood up together, and arched their hands: "Yes!" ”

"General Dong!" Su Chen turned his gaze to the other side.

Dong Zhuo dragged his fat figure and stood up: "Here." ”

"The Xiliang army pulled out the camp, loaded the grain and straw, followed me to Yunyao, and then transferred to Yuzhou!"

"Yes!" Dong Zhuo and Li Dao also stood up.

Su Chen stood up and arched his hand towards the generals: "Then please ask the generals!" ”

"No!"

More than a dozen voices roared in unison, and the big tent shook.

Su Chen, who was standing in the first place, walked through the long case and strode towards the tent curtain, with a deep voice: "Go out——"

On this day, the barracks were restless, the wolf howl sounded, the blue sky, and the clouds swept past people's sight.

On this day, the three military camps moved together, and the 10,000 Xiliang troops got 2,000 armor-breaking cones and 1,000 pairs of iron armor.

The black oppressive 'long dragon' spread to the official road leading to Yunyao County, Su Chen led five thousand Ding'an troops to follow, escorting grain and grass, he arched his hand towards Zhang Liao and Lu Bu who came to send each other, leaving them with two tokens engraved with 'Yuan' and 'horse', and they were escorted away by the halberd battalion.

"This is Xiahou Yuan...... I've seen it in a certain family, and the archery skills are pretty good, but who is this horse? ”

Looking into the distance of the banner that covered the sky and the sun, Lu Bu retracted his gaze and looked at one of the two tokens in Zhang Liao's hand.

"Xiliang Horse's house?"

Zhang Liaomo rubbed the token in his hand and said with a smile: "Back then, Cao Gongyan Xiliang Ma'er had the courage of Lu Bu back then. ”

"Hmph, after I die, everyone compares me with me, what is a certain family?" Lu Bu snorted coldly, turned the horse's head, and beckoned Gao Shun to leave.

……

The goshawk flew over Yunyao County, two days later, the advancing army had arrived at the boundary of Yunyao, there was already a 10,000-strong army and horses waiting here, it was Wu Huizhi, the Marquis of Yunyao, he looked at the Xiliang army coming from afar, and the iron cavalry running by brought up the smoke and dust in the sky, opened his mouth slightly, and it took a long time to come back to his senses, and stepped forward to greet Su Chen.

His eyes swept over the ironclad giants on the side, as well as the big shield halberders around him, and he couldn't help but admire.

"I haven't seen you in January, and the soldiers and horses under the command of the general are getting stronger and stronger."

"I Guanyun Hou's soldiers are also elite soldiers."

After a few polite words between the two, Wu Huizhi didn't say anything more, and made a gesture of please, "General, please, the two armies will merge and transfer to Yuzhou, so that others can see the majesty of the soldiers in the northwest!" ”

"Please!"

Su Chen also stretched out his hand on horseback.

At this moment, a fast horse galloped in the direction of Yun Yao, who came with eight knives, the upper body was white and leather armor, and the lower skirt armor fluctuated with the horses, shaking and closing, and rushed to Su Chen, with a rein, the war horse man stood up, and the woman above smiled.

"Young Master Su, is there still a lack of guards?"

On the side, Yun Yaohou leaned over and whispered, "The Fang family can't control her." ”

"Missing."

Su Chen smiled, and no longer refused the woman who had been helping him many times, "Let's go, it's a long journey, don't play with the temper of the eldest lady." ”

"No, the practice is harder than this, I can eat it!"

Fang Xuejun urged the horse to come over, parallel to Su Chen, and did not forget to raise her hand and punch Dian Wei's arm to show friendship, and then, in pain, she hugged her right hand, grinning in pain, and tears were about to fall.

Dian Wei's vicious face showed an innocent expression, and he looked at Su Chen: "I didn't move." ”

Ha ha!

Su Chen laughed directly, waved the whip, whipped it on the horse's buttocks, and ran along the team to the front team, the woman blew her hand, and hurriedly urged the horse to follow.

……

The sky gradually dimmed, and the night slowly passed like water, far away to the north, and the vast snow forest.

A team of several people had arrived at their destination, and as far as the eye could see, there was only a little green mixed with the snow.

In the snow-white mountain forest ahead, there are inhabited buildings, and a high pavilion stands under a cliff, covered with snow.

Originally, there were seven or eight people who came, but after they arrived here, there were only five people left, and they conveyed the news of He Jinchen's death, and the people in the mountain gate did not come out again as soon as they entered.

I've been waiting here for two whole days now.

After another half an hour, just when he was about to lose his life, someone walked out of the snow forest, "Master said, He Jinchen has been going down the mountain privately for 50 years, and he is close to glory and wealth, and he should have this calamity, as a general of the imperial court, he was shrouded in horse leather, and he died for the country, which is also his fate, and it has nothing to do with grudges, so please go back." ”

The man headed by "this ......" stepped forward and gave up his hand, and wanted to say that the figure of the forest had retreated, and he didn't seem to want to have too much contact with the people of the court.

"It seems that there is no way to complete the things that Your Majesty has explained, so how can I go back now?"

On the way back, several people discussed the rhetoric after returning to Yanjing, however, not far ahead, a snow-white figure stood in the snow in front of them.

The man was in his thirties, with a thin countenance, a short beard on his chin, a white robe, and a long sword in his hand.

"I heard that Senior Brother He died in battle?"

"Yes, I don't know your ......"

"One of the disciples of the Sword God, Gu Longcheng!" The man turned around, and the snow under his feet was forced to open, "Now that my senior brother is dead, can the imperial court have the intention of adding another general?" ”

The messenger is also a shrewd person: "As long as the strong man can kill the head of the rebels, Your Majesty will naturally be happy, and Gu Daxia will not be able to capture this position of general?" ”

"Where is he?"

"Ding'an, but I heard that the thieves will go to Qizhou to ally with the thieves, and they must have gone to Qizhou, don't worry, even if he has an army, he can't use it in the city, but there are some manpower below who can help you."

The man frowned slightly, probably feeling that in the face of the army, being outnumbered had no chance of winning.

"Who?"

"Aragami Cult...... My tutor will take action personally if he can't say it. ”

"Hmph, desert cult, but it's still barely usable!" Gu Longcheng turned around with his sword and left, the man's face was happy, and he hurriedly asked people to follow.

Almost at the same time.

To the west, the pale snow field fades, revealing the light green field, between the towering mountains, Xiongguan is located, the road in the pass is crossed, many people in the nearby villages, along the way put up tea stalls, for the business travelers of the past grassland to rest and drink tea.

The pass that stretches for several miles, the city wall is quaint, and the mottled knife marks and scratches tell that a tragic battle took place here many years ago.

Downstairs in the city, Qi Baoguo looked at a handwritten edict, with a majestic face with green muscles and bulging.

"Why is Your Majesty so confused...... "The word 'Tu' behind him finally swallowed back, and looked at the trembling messenger opposite, "Do you know what it means to let the Xijon people in?" ”

"General Qi, the lower official is also on the emperor's order, don't embarrass me." The envoy had a bitter face, "The lower official also knows that the general's family has guarded the border for generations and has worked hard, but His Majesty wants to do this, and the lower official has a small envoy, where does he dare to open his mouth to persuade." However, even if Xirong is let in, they will not dare to spread wilderness in the general's territory, and when the time comes, the general will close this Yantang and come to close the door and beat the dogs, which can be regarded as ......revenge for those people in the future."

Bang!

Before the messenger could finish speaking, he was punched hard in the door, and his eyes and nose collapsed, and he collapsed to the ground, hallucinating to see stars flying everywhere.

"My Qi family has been guarding for generations, and I didn't expect that one day I would personally let Xirong barbarians in!"

On the city wall, many soldiers watched this scene.

After a long time, the man gritted his teeth, smashed another punch on the wall, and whispered to the bloodied messenger on the ground: "Go back and tell Your Majesty that the ministers will obey the order." ”

"I'll do it......"