The gentleman and his party did not stay in Nanyun City for long before leaving.

During this period, I followed Li Ye around the reclaimed wasteland outside the city, and then followed him to the wasteland outside the south gate of Nanyun City. I carefully inspected the pits Li Ye dug last year. Even Mr. Li was deeply shocked.

What a big pit this must be.

How many people will be buried?

The eldest prince and Yang Kaiyi got the news and bought a bunch of gifts to visit their husband and the Li family. A large group of people stayed together to celebrate the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

Before leaving, Ye Zhiqiu took Li Ye's hand and said, "After settling the matter, go home and live for a few years. You have never stayed at home well since you were born."

Li Ye smiled and nodded: "I also want to go home, don't worry about anything, and just stay for a few years."

On the contrary, Yueying was reluctant to separate from Mu Mu and Li Ye.

In desperation, Li Ye had no choice but to explain to her: "Mumu is older than you and can go to the battlefield. You are still young. Go home and practice with your husband. When you grow up, you can go out into the world with your brother."

After Li Ye's repeated persuasion, Yueying finally agreed to go to Fengyun City with her husband. Together with the Wu Na clan, the group left Nanyun City in a grand manner.

Li Ye knew that his husband was unwilling to face the pile of mud in the imperial city, so he took his family back to Fengyun City.

Otherwise, they would not choose to come to southern Xinjiang to meet with them at this time.

They wanted to take away Li Ye's worries and let him go ahead and do it.

Although neither Mr. nor Li Hongxiu said it explicitly.

Li Ye was very dissatisfied with the emperor's irresponsible behavior, but he had no choice but to do it. Just like Bai Susu back then, when the time came, no matter how much he loved Mumu, he had to go to the top of the mountain to survive the tribulation and ascend.

As the saying goes, those who love beauty love their country even more. Now this emperor doesn't even want his great country, just to pursue the elusive way of immortality. Li Ye will grit his teeth no matter how difficult it is.

Even my own husband can understand the emperor's difficulties, why can't I?

After patting the horse, go out and head all the way to the north gate and the wasteland of the east gate.

Under the supervision of Yang Kaiyi and the eldest prince, spring plowing of more than 3,000 acres of land outside the city has been completed, and the army has reclaimed more than 1,000 acres.

In the words of the eldest prince, we can survive until next summer without having to worry about food and grass.

Walking through the field ridges, Li Ye found Nalan Yu who was sowing seeds with the soldiers. He looked at him and asked, "Have you checked at the south gate in the past two days? Is there any news coming back from the direction of the inn?"

Nalan Yu nodded and said: "I just checked it this morning, and it's very good. There is no news from the direction of the post station, but the people changing the guard will leave today, and someone will come back the day after tomorrow. We will know the situation then."

"How about Wang Tianhua?" Li Ye suddenly thought of the rich young man from the royal family, who was an aspiring talent.

When Nalanyu heard this, he pointed at the sergeant in the distance and said with a smile: "That guy is pretty good. He can endure hardships in both farming and training. He will probably be a fierce general on the battlefield as well."

Li Ye looked along his direction and saw Wang Tianhua sowing seeds in the distance. He frowned slightly and pulled Nalan Yu aside to whisper.

"That guy is the son of a minister after all. Don't play him to death. It won't be easy to explain to him when you get back." Li Ye said softly.

"Don't worry, put him in the second or third echelon when charging at most." Nalan Yu has more experience in these things than Li Ye.

Li Ye nodded: "Don't be too harsh. After all, he wants to come to southern Xinjiang to seek some military exploits."

Nalan Yu was startled, then smiled and said: "I hope I can appoint him as a squad leader in a few days. After all, he is a Nascent Soul realm cultivator. No one will make irresponsible remarks."

"According to his cultivation, there is no problem. You can take care of this matter. I'll go for a walk in front." Li Ye led the horse and walked forward.

...

Li Ye was counting the days on his fingers.

The same goes for the eldest prince and Yang Kaiyi.

Since the plan to meet the enemy was made in Yang Kaiyi's mansion, Zai Zhen rarely met, except when they met outside the city to check the progress of the spring plowing of the army, they would say hello and exchange a few words of unsophisticated dialogue.

Everyone is struggling.

The soldiers who came back from changing guard at the post station did not bring any news from the grassland tribes in the three towns, which made Li Ye feel even more uneasy.

You are not afraid of the enemy's movements, but you are afraid that the enemy will not be able to reach you.

If you don't move, there will be no flaws, and if there are no flaws, you can't make a plan.

January and April are here in the blink of an eye, and the Qingming Festival is approaching.

The Qingming Festival is full of bright lights, but I don’t know whose soul I want to pick up this year.

Just two days before the Qingming Festival, the Khan kings of various grassland tribes finally led an army of 180,000, broke through hundreds of miles of spring rain, and set up their camp twenty miles away from Nanyun City.

The proud grassland kings did not care at all about using the lives of their children to fight against the most powerful country in the Five Regions.

"You said Yelu Qi and Yelu Yan didn't come to Nanyun City at all?" Mu Mu and Wei Qingyu stood behind Li Ye, looking at the tens of thousands of troops under the city, and said softly.

"I don't know, today is not the weather for fighting." Li Ye looked up at the sky.

There is a hint of apricot blossom in the lingering spring rain, which is Li Ye's favorite smell.

Because of the rain, the prairie cavalry will not attack the city.

While they were talking, they saw the formation of prairie cavalry splitting to both sides, and a group of horses and horses walking toward the moat. This was a group of soldiers who were not riding horses, carrying a bunch of items in their hands.

Li Ye stretched out his hand to stop Nalan Yu who was about to bend his bow and shoot an arrow. "Let's see and then talk."

In just a moment, a simple tent was set up on the moat of Nanyun City, with a small square table set up inside and two soft chairs placed beside it.

"Yeluqi came to me for tea." Li Ye said with a smile.

He had invited him to a cup of tea outside Xichun City, but he didn't expect that this guy would now invite him back. Li Ye looked at the busy group of people and couldn't help but laugh.

"Go tell the eldest prince and City Lord Yang that there will be no battle today." Li Ye turned his head and looked at Wei Qingyu and said.

Wei Qingyu glanced down at the city, then clasped fists with Li Ye in salute, and walked down the city tower.

"Do you want me to accompany you?" Nalan Yu frowned.

"Didn't you see that they only put two stools? You are my eldest brother, do I want you to stand behind me?" Li Ye couldn't help but laugh.

While he was laughing to himself, he saw the soldiers manning tents by the moat evacuating one after another, and a young man wearing a blue robe and holding a paper fan in his hand walked out from behind the separated cavalry.

Step by step, just like Li Ye last year, he slowly walked towards the moat.

Li Ye looked at him quietly, with a bigger smile on his face.

Walking to the moat, Yeluqi held his hands with Li Ye who was on the tower: "Yeluqi, please condescend to have a chat with the Imperial Master."

When he finished speaking, the tens of thousands of troops behind him roared loudly, as if to cheer up: "Your Highness is mighty!"

"Your Highness will win!"

Li Ye looked at Yelu Qi, who was dressed as a scholar, and said with a smile: "Welcome Mr. Yelu to Nanyun City as a guest. I will leave the city right now."

After saying that, he glanced at Nalan Yu, meaning that you are here to watch.

...

Seeing the imperial master's arrival, the soldiers of the general city opened the heavy city gate and lowered the upper trestle bridge of the moat.

Li Ye walked out of Nanyun City step by step, and then stepped onto the trestle bridge on the moat. Standing on the bridge, he looked back at Nalan Yu on the city temple and made a gesture.

When Nalanyu saw it, he couldn't help but laugh and said, "This guy doesn't want to lose his momentum!"

He immediately looked at the city defenders behind him and shouted loudly: "Brothers, please be alert and support the Imperial Master!"

"The Imperial Master is mighty!"

"The national master must win!"

On the Nanyun City Wall, the earth-shattering shouts of the defenders rang out, no less powerful than the cavalry of Nanjiang.

After receiving the news, the eldest prince and Yang Kaiyi were riding towards the south gate. When they heard the earth-shattering roar, the eldest prince glanced at Yang Kaiyi and asked, "Is this the case?"

Before they even got close to the city tower, they met Wei Qingyu who came to report the news. Wei Qingyu hugged the two of them on horseback and said, "The generals from the grassland tribes want to invite the imperial master to tea. He will probably have left the city by now."

"Drinking tea at this time, aren't you being reckless?" Yang Kaiyi jumped anxiously.

"Don't be hasty, let's go and have a look before we talk." The eldest prince raised his whip and ran toward the city tower.

The roar of the army stopped, and Li Ye walked outside the tent.

"Brother Yelu, how are you always?" Li Ye bowed to Yeluqi first.

"Thanks to you, I can't sleep every night." Yeluqi did not hide his inner thoughts.

Yeluqi asked Li Ye to sit down, and they each sat on one side of their own camp.

Yeluqi picked up a jar of wine from the ground, patted it open, and a strong smell of mare's milk floated out.

"This is the koumiss brewed by our tribe. Although it is not as good as the wine from the Five Regions Dynasty, it is still a good wine for us to entertain distinguished guests." Yeluqi picked up the wine jar and poured it into the bowl.

"Brother Yelu, you have forgotten, I am not good at drinking." Li Ye smelled the aroma of wine, but didn't really want to drink it.

Yeluqi picked up the bowl and said with a faint smile: "This wine is careless and won't hurt anyone. Drink as much as you can. I have spent a lot of effort on this meal."

Hearing what Yelu Qi said, Li Ye had no choice but to pick up the bowl in front of him and the two of them raised it above their heads.

"I'll drink to you, you can do whatever you want!" Yeluqi raised his head and drank all the kumiss in the bowl.

Li Ye looked at him with a helpless smile and said: "This is not an ambush, why do you have to drink so fiercely!" He lowered his head and looked at the kumiss in the bowl.

"Okay! That's interesting. You can be considered a good man!" Yeluqi shouted.

"Don't put your hat on me. I'll just drink this bowl. If you have anything to say, tell me quickly. Is my sister still waiting for me to come home for dinner?" Thinking of Mu Mu being alone at home, Li Ye felt a little uneasy, fearing that she would get the news.

Rush out of the city.

Yelu Qi's eyes lit up, he looked at Li Ye and smiled: "You have a sister, and I also have a sister. It's really interesting. If it weren't for this war, I would be willing to become brothers with you!"

Li Ye shook his head, looked at him and said calmly: "If you don't hate me to death, I will be very happy."

A sudden attack in the three towns, in the final analysis, it was Li Yekeng who killed more than 10,000 soldiers from various grassland tribes. Even he himself would wake up from his dreams from time to time.

Nalanyu raised his head and glanced at Nanyun Tower, and murmured: "How can there be no death in a war?"
Chapter completed!