"Brother Liang, is the spy you met the day before yesterday true?"
Da Zhuang said: "Did the Shanyu of the Eastern Barbarians really lead an army of 100,000 to Yuguan City?"
The spies from the Secret Intelligence Department returned to the capital from the north and met the Northern Expeditionary Army, which naturally alerted Zhang Liang.
"A secret agent wouldn't dare lie about this kind of thing. It should be true."
Zhang Liang's expression was as calm as Jin Feng's.
"Brother Liang, that's an army of one hundred thousand, aren't you nervous?" Da Zhuang asked.
"Is it useful to be nervous?" Zhang Liang gave Da Zhuang a sideways glance: "Sir, if you give me a tooth, just break it! No matter if there are ten thousand defenders or one hundred thousand defenders, Yuguan City is bound to be won!"
"Yes!" Da Zhuang also nodded heavily.
Zhang Liang raised his head and glanced at the position of the sun, then stood on his horse and looked around with a telescope, and ordered: "This piece of pasture is good, and there is a river over there. Send the order and rest for two quarters of an hour."
"yes!"
The messenger behind him waved the flag in his hand into the air.
The escort on the hot air balloon saw it, raised his hand and shot two loud arrows.
The Northern Expeditionary Army slowly stopped, and the soldiers jumped off their horses to rest on the spot.
The cooking company and the logistics support team took action quickly. Some people carried buckets to the river to fetch water, while others set up pots to light the fire.
Many soldiers lined up with iron kettles to open the water.
Drinking boiled water during the march was a mandatory requirement set by Jin Feng.
Some soldiers quickly set up temporary tents as toilets for female soldiers.
Two quarters of an hour later, the soldiers put on another war horse and set off again.
Practice is the best way to learn. After so many days on the road, both male and female soldiers have improved their riding skills rapidly, and their traveling speed has become faster and faster.
As time passed, the Northern Expeditionary Army got closer and closer to Yuguan City.
Although Zhang Liang was not afraid, he did not look down upon the Eastern Barbarians either. More and more scouts were sent out, and the hot air balloons flew higher and higher.
On the other side, the escort team led by Jin Feng and Ninth Princess also entered the boundaries of Fengxiang County.
Along the way, Jin Feng compiled several textbooks on mathematics, introductory physics, introductory chemistry, and introductory biology.
But after entering Guanzhong, Jin Feng had to stop.
The so-called Guanzhong refers to the area west of Tongguan, east of Dashanguan, north of Wuguan, and south of Xiaoguan. It is surrounded by mountains. Although the carriage was specially made by Zuo Zhiyuan and the craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry, it was still a bit bumpy.
It's not a big problem for daily riding, but it's not a problem for writing on the carriage.
Jin Feng could only stop working temporarily and enjoy the scenery of Guanzhong.
The Jinchuan Chamber of Commerce in Fengxiang County had known for a long time that Jin Feng was coming, and the female shopkeeper led people to wait at the official intersection early in the morning.
"Thank you for your hard work, sir!"
When the female shopkeeper saw Jin Feng, she asked, "Sir, are you going to the county town to have a rest, or are you going directly to the dock?"
There are two ways to go to the county town and to the dock.
"Go directly to the dock." Jin Feng replied.
I set off for the capital in the first month of the year, and now it’s summer.
Jin Feng was really panicking after not returning to Xihewan for several months and not seeing Guan Xiaorou and Tang Xiaobei.
"Yes!" The female shopkeeper sent someone to lead the way, then took out a letter from her arms and handed it to Jin Feng: "Sir, Mrs. Xiaobei sent a letter three days ago and asked me to forward it to you!"
"I got it," Jin Feng took the envelope, "Go and do your work."
The female shopkeeper did not leave, but followed Jin Feng outside the window on horseback.
Jin Feng ignored her and checked the envelope for paint.
Princess Ninth, who was sitting across the table, handed over a paper knife, then walked around the table and sat down with Jin Feng.
"Husband, Brother Liang and the others are coming to Yuguan City soon, right?"
After reading the letter, Ninth Princess asked.
The letter was from Tang Xiaobei, but it was written by Zhang Liang.
Jin Feng and Ninth Princess were on their way, so Zhang Liang could only use carrier pigeons to send the letter back to Xihewan, and then Tang Xiaobei would deliver it to Jin Feng.
Zhang Liang reported in the letter that as the city got closer and closer to Yuguan City, there were more and more Eastern Barbarian spies.
Scouts from both sides have begun to fight.
Since the Northern Expeditionary Army has hot air balloons that can detect the enemy from more than ten miles away, once the Eastern Barbarian scouts approach the Northern Expeditionary Army, there will be scouts from the bodyguard waiting for them.
Therefore, there have been no casualties among the bodyguards in the current battle.
"Brother Liang wrote this letter half a month ago. According to the time, it should be here soon."
Jin Feng turned to look north: "I wonder if the Eastern Barbarian Chanyu will take the initiative to go out of the city to fight?"
His calculation was good. At this time, the Northern Expeditionary Army led by Zhang Liang was less than a hundred miles away from Yuguan City.
In recent days, there have been more and more Dongman scouts, and the Zhenyuan Escort Bureau has also begun to suffer casualties.
Previously, the Dongman scouts approached on horseback, but they soon discovered that they couldn't avoid the hot air balloon, so they learned to be smart.
Not only did he no longer ride a horse, but he also learned to disguise himself.
Covered in grass and lying on the ground, it is difficult for the escorts on the hot air balloon to spot them.
When the Northern Expeditionary Army approaches, these people will suddenly burst out and attack the nearby escorts.
In the past three days, dozens of escorts have been attacked by this. Two of them were unlucky and were stabbed in the eyes by Dongman scouts and died on the spot.
After setting up camp in the evening, Da Zhuang walked into Zhang Liang's command tent with his helmet in his arms and said angrily: "Brother Liang, the third battalion just captured six more Dongman scouts, all of whom were the same batch of prisoners that Sir let go."
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"Are any brothers injured or killed?" Zhang Liang asked.
"The brothers were prepared in advance. No one was killed, but one brother was stabbed in the arm."
Da Zhuang shook his head: "Sir, you shouldn't have let these white-eyed wolves back in the first place!"
The prerequisite for the Dongman scouts' disguise was that they could not ride horses. Once they attempted an assassination, they would never be able to escape, and many of them were caught by the bodyguards.
Then the escorts discovered that 90% of the Eastern Barbarian scouts who came to assassinate them were the same group of prisoners that Jin Feng had let go, and many of them still bore the mark of being prisoners of the Zhenyuan Escort Bureau.
"Dazhuang, you can question your husband's decision in person, but never say anything wrong about him behind his back!"
Zhang Liang heard Da Zhuang complaining about Jin Feng and said coldly: "Don't let me hear it a second time!"
"Yes!" After hearing this, Da Zhuang quickly lowered his head.
"Of course, this is also my fault. There are some things I didn't tell you."
Zhang Liang said: "Do you know how much chaos the prisoners released by Mr. caused in the Eastern Barbarians?"
"I don't know." Da Zhuang shook his head.
"The spy from the Secret Service that I met once told me that after the captured Eastern Barbarians returned, they were discriminated against by other tribesmen as Mr. thought. Many of them committed suicide in shame and anger, and some began to resist. The Eastern Barbarian Chanyu
It took a lot of effort to suppress it.”
Zhang Liang said: "Although the resistance was suppressed, the Eastern Barbarians were also made a mess. It was for this reason that the Shanyu of the Eastern Barbarians had to leave the royal court and lead his army south to conquer in person, in order to divert the uneasiness of the Eastern Barbarian people.
and anger, and also declared his force to the Eastern barbarian people!"