At the front of the procession, a handsome man sat on a horse, looking intently at the mountains in the distance. Several horses followed him, scattered in an orderly manner.? ? ?
"In another three hundred miles we will reach Lingshan Yumai." The man said calmly.
"Yes, General. After Xiaoling Pass, you will reach Lingshan Mountain. I don't know if General Wu has arrived." Yiqi replied in a deep voice. It was Ni Qing, the horseman of Mu Tianlang.
The people on this trip were none other than Li Luo. Mu Tianlang was ordered to march eastward, and Li Luo led his army one step ahead. The Chinese army and cavalry under his tent came out in full force, without informing the prefectures along the way. He concealed his whereabouts and quietly sneaked into Dongyan Prefecture.
, to explore the reality of bandits flowing out of the territory.
When we arrived in Dongyan Prefecture, we saw that the situation was already riddled with holes and thieves were rampant. Not only were there bandits from outside the region, but there were also many people from Dagan who took advantage of the situation to rob and cause harm to the entire village.
The generals were extremely angry when they saw it, but their small impatience ruined their big plans, so they could only ignore it.
Li Luo sent his army's masters to investigate around, and went to several mansions to find out that Mo Mansion contained property plundered by rogue bandits.
After discussing with Shen Xiangdong, the Chinese cavalry disguised themselves as bandits in the grasslands, ambushed the bandits, snatched away the treasures that the bandits had collected, defeated several armies in a row, rushed out, and headed north into the Lingshan Mountains to lure the snakes out of their caves.
He also ordered Leng Bing and Li Yuanxi to secretly assassinate several enemy generals and provoke the rogue bandits to pursue the intruders.
However, what Li Luo didn't expect was that Leng Bing and Li Yuanxi were so murderous that they almost killed all the Mofu bandit leaders. Fortunately, these bandits were quite fierce and were not killed by Leng Bing and Li Yuanxi.
Dare, instead he followed the plan and chased him.
The seven-finger escaper Zhai Liaoyu showed off his skills. Although people on the road he passed along the way deliberately covered up his traces, there were always clues left behind, which led the enemy soldiers from afar to Lingshan.
"Although the infantry is slow, it will not be much worse. General Fu and General Wu are in harmony with each other. If General Wu has not entered Lingshan yet, General Fu will send a message that we know." Shen Xiangdong responded harmoniously.
Ni Qing turned his head and looked at the distance behind him, frowning and said: "I'm afraid these bandits can't find us."
Shen Xiangdong smiled and said, "You can rest assured. With Hero Zhai here, it will be difficult for the bandits to find you."
Zhai Liao said drunkenly: "Why, Ni Qing, do you doubt my tracking skills?
I dare not say anything about my martial arts skills. If someone dares to be the best in tracking and drinking, Zhai will be the first to refuse. How about you and I bet a jar of fine wine?"
Ni Qing scratched his head and smiled bitterly: "Forget it, Brother Zhai, I have been giving you lots of drinks along the way."
Everyone laughed in unison, and Li Luo smiled and said: "It was a wise move not to make a bet with Brother Zhai. We went north to Lingshan, and the bandits were hot on our heels. We watched the enemy soldiers follow us and chased them for hundreds of miles.
Now that we know the location, there must be some people among the enemy soldiers who are good at tracking, but I'm afraid they can't be counted as Brother Zhai."
Everyone behaved leisurely, and even though there were pursuers behind them, they didn't take it to heart.
Shen Xiangdong muttered: "Having been traveling rapidly for days, the bandits should have guessed that we were going into the mountains. If they want to intercept us, the last chance is outside Xiaoling Pass. If we miss it, I'm afraid the bandits will not make the dangerous move north again."
"We have three hundred miles left to wait for them." Li Luo said softly, but a trace of worry flashed between his brows.
When Shen Xiangdong saw this, he asked, "General, are you worried about Xiaoling Pass?"
"Well, Xiaoling Pass is still guarded by Dagan soldiers. If the news leaks out at Xiaoling Pass, I'm afraid all the previous efforts will be wasted."
While he was talking, a horseman came from afar. It was Qian Yi. When he saw Li Luo and others, he clasped his fists and saluted: "General, there are bandits setting up an ambush. Half of them were killed and wounded by the soldiers of the Chinese army. The rest fled into the mountains."
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"Don't chase the poor bandits. Let's keep them here so that we can tell the pursuers our whereabouts. How far are they from our army?"
"The report of the horse exploration is a hundred miles away, about one hundred and fifty miles away."
Li Luo looked up at the sky and said softly: "We will decide whether to live or die tomorrow at Xu."
"General, I will obey the order." Qian Yi nodded and saluted, riding his horse to the rear.
"It's a pity that there are fewer pursuers." Li Luo sighed, then shook his head and said, "I'm greedy."
"Haha, it's not that small. There are more than 10,000 enemy troops following us this time. If the Privy Council's secret report is correct, more than 30% of Dongyan Prefecture's border enemy invaders have committed crimes. It seems that the property robbed was indeed touched.
It’s getting to their point of pain.”
"Thanks to Mr. Leng and Miss Li for killing several of their leaders, hehe, these thieves are full of anger now." Ni Qing said with a strange smile.
"Angry but not timid, brave but not wise, foreign barbarians, vulnerable to a single blow." Ni Bai said disdainfully.
"Haha, General Ni is very heroic, but you can't take it lightly until the end. Tsk, Tsk, General Ni, why don't you and I take a gamble?" Zhai Liaoyu said with a smile.
Ni Bai was startled, woke up, and quickly returned the greeting: "Thank you, Master Zhai, for your advice. I am the loser. After this battle, I will definitely fill a jar of good wine for Master Zhai."
"I'm not giving you any advice. Hey, there's no way you would admit defeat without gambling, but you still have to drink." Zhai Liaoyu said with a weird look, blinking his eyes.
Chu Yinger really couldn't look at it and said coldly: "Drink less."
Zhai Liao laughed loudly, pretending that he had never heard it, and hummed a mountain song from somewhere. He looked up at the sky leisurely, as if he was drunk.
Li Luo turned his head and glanced at Zhai Liaoyu, smiled slightly, and said nothing.
The next morning, Xiaolingguan.
It is common to see grand passes in the Western Regions. The Xiaoling Pass in front of us is actually a little too small. The city gate is only three feet high and the city head is in dilapidated state. A military flag with no good color stands loosely and crookedly in front of the city tower, just like this person leaning against the flagpole.
The soldiers guarding the gate looked sleepy and listless.
The door was closed tightly, and no business travelers could see it. Outside the door, in some shady places, there were groups of ragged villagers sitting, all of them were gray-headed and dying. They seemed to be refugees from Dongyan Prefecture who had fled. They were killed by Xiaoling.
The gatekeeper will keep you out.
Li Luo glanced at the people outside the pass, his expression as cold as ever, showing no emotion or anger.
When the refugees saw the Mu Tianlang generals coming on horseback, with swords and sharp weapons at their waists, they were all frightened and huddled aside to secretly pray for safety.
When everyone came to close the door, Zhu Zhi took a step forward and raised his voice: "Is anyone there? Please open the city gate."
After a long time, there was no reply. Leng Bing was impatient and said in a cold voice: "It's only three feet, why bother? Just break open the city gate."
The cavalry generals in the Chinese army were dumbfounded, and Li Luo said in a low voice: "It's not time to break in. There are many people here, so don't act in a showy manner."
Lengbing snorted, but no longer insisted on going his own way.
Zhu Zhiti shouted angrily: "General, please open the city gate."
"Hey, what are you shouting about? You are shouting here in broad daylight. Is your father dead or your mother dead? Are you in a hurry to go to the funeral?"
Following the words, a soldier appeared from the wall of the city gate. His face was like a thin monkey, with not much flesh and blood. His eyelids were drooped, and he looked askance at Li Luo and the others outside the city. Such a condescending attitude actually reflected how many people there were.
The meaning of arrogance comes. (To be continued.)