Walking through the dry desert full of yellow sand, the beautiful oasis gradually appeared in front of the men.

Perhaps only on the edge of the extremely harsh desert can there be such an extraordinary paradise. The clear stream, lush grass and trees, and the fragrance of flowers float in the wind, the green oasis and grassland are endless, and white birds fly over the water, like a fairyland!

"Haha..." The laughter of the men came from around him. The soldiers ran to the stream happily, scooping up spring water and pouring it on their faces. The smiling faces in the splashing water made Li Chuyun and others smile.

Li Chuyun watched the large area of ​​land under the blue sky and white clouds for a long time, smiled and stroked the bearded man under his red face, and praised loudly: "Feng'an, Feng'an, both plump and peaceful."

The shouts of military generals came from afar, and the soldiers rode their horses to the water and wading across the stream. On the quiet and beautiful oasis, the wet horses' fur was smooth and smooth, and the agile boy laughed and shouted. The place was soon covered by the enthusiastic and noisy atmosphere.

The middle army rode their horses slowly through the stream and enjoyed the beautiful scenery along the way.

Not long after, a broken wall in front came into sight. Wei Renpu, the deputy envoy who accompanied him suddenly climbed down from the horse's back, threw the reins to the attendant who led the horse, and walked into the grass to pull out the weeds.

Li Chuyun and others successively strangled their war horses and looked at the broken stone tablet that Wei Renpu discovered. Wei Renpu said without looking back: "The monument erected by the Sui Dynasty army here..."

Wei Renpu's voice was a little strange. Li Chuyun couldn't help but look at his back and said casually: "That's more than three hundred years."

"We are back today..."

Li Chuyun was stunned for a moment, because Wei Renpu's voice was completely distorted at this time, and he looked at his eyes red again.

Between the weeds, there were broken walls, and the walls were covered with ashes burned by the herdsmen, and there was no one in front of them. However, when looking back, a large number of galloping cavalry were moving forward, with the sound of powerful horse hooves and the rough horse roars floating... "Yes, we are back!" Li Chuyun also said slightly.

He gradually understood Wei Renpu's mood. What he nostalgic about was not the remains of stone tablets and walls, nor was it just Feng'an, but the dynasty's demeanor and the prosperity of the world!

Wei Renpu stood in front of the stone tablet, touching the Chinese characters on the old stone with tears, and pondering for a long time. Perhaps for a man with a bright mind, his hometown is not a mere acre of land in his hometown, but the entire China, and the vast land that the Han cavalry once entered.

Li Chuyun waited for a while, then rode his horse away, recruiting generals to deploy camps of various troops, where the army was to station and build a fort.

The army was stationed in camps until dark, and tens of thousands of infantry and cavalry arrived in batches were not deployed. The central army was inside a mud wall. At this time, the bonfires were bright on the grassland, and the fire in the dark night made the wilderness ridges more prosperous.

The highest officials such as Li Chuyun, Shi Yanchao, Wei Renpu, and Zan Jurun stayed in a tent and cooked meat soup around a earthen stove.

Several people looked at Wei Renpu with a strange look, probably because of a small incident that happened during the day, but he had recovered his calmness at this time. In the fire, two soldiers unfolded the rolled thick paper sketches in the tent.

Wei Renpu walked over, looked at it first, turned around and said, "When Zhang Qian was on an envoy, the Emperor of Sui was on a western tour, and they all took Dadoubagu (Biandukou) to Ganzhou (Zhangye). However, most of Longyou is in the hands of the Tubo people, and we rely on the Lingzhou Grain Road, so the army has to go to Hexi to take the northern route."

He pointed at the yellowed image, "Now here, Feng'an, the westward Maiwei Old City (Jingtai County), built two fortresses. One can keep military rations along the way, and the other can have strongholds to maintain the smooth flow of grain.

After the Dangxiang tribe escaped, if the Tubo people came to see each other, they would discuss peace and comfort so that they would not act rashly. The main capture of our army is Liangzhou, Ganzhou, and Suzhou in Hexi. During the fort construction, we could send secret envoys to contact the Guiyi army and ask the Guiyi army to attack from the east and west."

Zan Jurun pondered and said, "This plan is very good, but the leader of Liangzhou is from the mid-south place and has the Liugu tribe of Tubo. The Daxu army attacked the Tubo people in Liangzhou, and could he appease the Tubo tribes in the south?"

The tribes in the northwest were very complicated, and even Li Chuyun could not understand them very clearly. After hearing the civil officials, they roughly understood that the people of the slaughter were natives in Liangzhou... They used to be slaves to Tubo nobles, and not only Tubo people, but also various slaves such as Han people. Later, the slaves in Hexi were freely independent and were called the slaughter tribe.

At this time, Wei Renpu said: "There were natives in the midst of the times, and the Tubo tribes would not care about them at all. Although the Liugu tribes were Tubo tribes, the Tubo tribes had long been divided. As long as they were properly handled, they could still appease the Tubo tribes living in Qingtang, Lanzhou and other places."

Zan Jurun bowed and said, "What Deputy Envoy Wei said is extremely true."

After saying that, Wei Renpu politely said to Li Chuyun: "What do you think Li Gong thinks?"

Li Chuyun said: "The Deputy Envoy Wei has a very good strategy. Dangxiang people along the way can expel them from Qingtang and other places to prevent them from irritating the food road."

Wei Renpu turned to look at Shi Yanchao again.

Shi Yanchao was stunned: "Look at what I did? You can do whatever you say!"

Wei Renpu said calmly: "There will be innocent casualties in the 'exit' of the Dangxiang people. It is not a glorious matter. Shi Gong would better not go. It would be better to wait for Feng Jiye to come to Feng'an another day. It would be great to ask Feng Jiye to go."

Shi Yanchao hummed, not commenting.

The soldiers stepped forward and stirred the soup in the iron pot with a spoon. The few people said almost the same thing, so they calmed down. Li Chuyun walked out of the tent and couldn't help but look up.

The sky is clear in the northwest, and the stars in the sky are very bright, and Li Chuyun suddenly feels vast. At this moment, it seems that the earth is not so down-to-earth, like the illusion of floating in the sky. The vast earth, people seem extremely small in it.

At this moment, a horse neighed at the entrance of the two broken walls. Li Chuyun came to his senses and looked at the direction where the movement came. The knight on the horse was anxious, and the mount suddenly stopped, and his front hooves flew into the air, and then there was a noise of inquiry.

Li Chuyun then stood outside the tent and waited for a while. Soon after, his personal soldiers came over with a man holding a horse and reported: "Report to the Grand Marshal, this man is a messenger. He came from Lingzhou and brought news from Tokyo."

After hearing this, the messenger clasped his fists and said, "I'll pay homage to the founding Duke, the Hexi Army's commander, Duke Li." Then he sent the Qifeng letter.

Li Chuyun glanced at Qifeng, turned around and entered the money with the things. The voice of the personal soldiers came from behind: "You wait here first. If there is no way to meet, we will take you to settle down."

Li Chuyun walked into the tent, sat down behind the wooden table in the north, and pulled out the knife to Kaifeng. Seeing this, Wei Renpu immediately turned around.

"The letter from the Privy Council." Li Chuyun said, reading it first, the more he looked, the deeper his brows frowned.

Wei Renpu observed it and stepped forward and asked, "What did the Privy Council say?"

Li Chuyun handed over the letter. After reading it, Wei Renpu looked ugly: "The Liao army dispatched troops and generals in the Northeast, may it invade a large number of enemies?"

The other two people also quickly took the letter from Wei Renpu and circulated it.

Wei Renpu pondered: "The Liao people fought in Youzhou several times, and they suffered a lot of losses and were defeated in Wudinghe. I heard that they are now a young boy who is still the king of the country, and they dare to raise troops to go south?"

Li Chuyun stroked the thick black beard on his chin and said nothing.

Zan Jurun was carefully looking at the traces of the lacquer seal and looking at the seal on the letter paper, of course there would be no fake ones. Wei Renpu was a member of the Privy Council. If the letters were fake, any clues would be discovered.

Zan Jurun said, "It is said that Li Yiyin has already colluded with the Liao people in the Dangxiang tribe coalition. This time, the Liao army is attacking the east and west, so is there ready?"

Wei Renpu stopped talking, and Zan Jurun was a little embarrassed. Shi Yanchao just cursed: "Hey, let's run from afar. Will we still fight in the west?"

Zan Jurun took the opportunity to turn around and talk to Shi Yanchao: "The Privy Council letter did not say anything, only the news was known."

At this time, Li Chuyun finally slapped the chopping board: "Print the strategy discussed tonight into a memorial and submit it to the court. Do it according to the plan before receiving the military order."

Wei Renpu nodded and agreed: "The responsibility of Mr. Li and the former camp military government of our army was to fight the west and could not control the affairs of the Northeast. However, it is necessary to contact the Tokyo court as soon as possible. If the court fights on both sides, our strategy should take more risks. At the same time, write to Wang Envoy (Wang Pu) and ask him to inform the news about the Military and Caosi as soon as possible. We must find out what the Liao army is doing."

Li Chuyun said: "Will the Liao people mobilize their troops in the Northeast just bluff?"

Wei Renpu said: "I can't say it, it's really hard to predict... Although the Liao Kingdom lost its Youyun, the cavalry still had strong combat power. Otherwise, the situation would not be like this now, and the grassland would have been in chaos!"

At this time, the servant came up, took a bowl of meat soup, and brought a basket of hot dried wheat cakes. Everyone started to eat and drink, and went out to fight, rode horses every day, even the civil servants had a good appetite.

All the sound of drinking soup and chewing Xisuo were left in the tent, which became quiet and dull.

Li Chuyun has followed Guo Shao for many years and has rich experience in fighting in the north. At this time, he felt something was wrong. He couldn't explain why, but he just relied on intuition...

At this time, when fighting, the scouts' information was not very accurate, and many things had to be guessed. Li Chuyun, who could lead troops to be the general on his side for a long time, was not a pure reckless man. His sense of smell was very sensitive, otherwise he would have been trapped in many battles.

A "rake" wind sounded outside the account, and a cool breeze poured in from the door, blowing the fire under the iron pot, making the flames shaking and splashing, and sparks splashed.

Li Chuyun was stunned for a while in the light and dark fire, then picked up the bowl and took a "huh" sip, then pulled off a piece of the wheat cake and chewed it in his mouth. The military ration was very difficult to chew, but it tasted sweet and not unpalatable.
Chapter completed!