The sun sets, and the two cavalry slowly walk on a flat sandy land commonly known as Longyan'er. Walking south thirty miles further south is Hutou City, the first heroic city of Beiliang border. This city has 30,000 elite soldiers, 3,000 iron cavalry, 6,000 light cavalry, and more than 20,000 infantry. Even if the people who are not listed as military citizenship in the city can wear armor and fight in a hurry as long as they are young and middle-aged. Behind Hutou City is Huaiyang Pass, which has newly established the Beiliang Protectorate. There are two willow spears on the line with Huaiyang Pass and two major cities of Tiefuling. It has more than 10,000 soldiers, and the number of infantry soldiers is absolutely occupied.

The Youhutou City is different. The two military towns, Liuya and Tiefuling, are almost all cavalry with fast horses and light armor. Obviously, contrary to the "defense city" Hutou City, which is mainly used to block the Beimang army's southward movement, these two border cities, which are inferior in scale, are more responsible for taking the task of taking the initiative. After this first front with both offense and defense, the three gates of Jinyuan Qinghe Chongzhong were used as the fulcrum, and the two cities of Scrophularia Shenwu were the second front with two wings on the north side of Liangzhou. Then the Daxue Dragon Cavalry, which has been stationed on the border of Liangzhou for many years, and the two major infantry and cavalry.

Deputy Commander Chen Yunchui He Zhonghu's army. With the Wubao Tower, which is intertwined with dogs, there is no doubt that the border north of Liangzhou is the most difficult battlefield for the entire Northern Liang. Generally speaking, Beimang is the most unlikely to attack the Liangzhou North Line, which is as stable as a rock. If the Northern Barbarians really want to open their mouths and eat it, it is probably not just about falling teeth and blood swallowing. Compared with the Liangzhou North Line, which is the fastest sword in the big horse, the majority of the Youzhou side are infantry, so the commander of the infantry commander Yan Wenluan is also there, no matter how it is the terrain north of Youzhou.

Or the distribution of the garrison determines that Youzhou is the typical offensive and defensive battle between the nomads in the north and the farming of the Central Plains. One side attacks the city and the other side defends the city. Unlike the northern Liangzhou, the cavalry of the Xu family dares to attack with the Beimang cavalry on horseback. Originally, the dragon and elephant cavalry was stationed in the middle of Liangyou and could support both sides at any time, and even actively wander around to find fighter opportunities. There was no fixed situation. However, with the newly established fourth state Liuzhou, 30,000 Dragon and Elephant Army stationed in it, and the close connection between Youliang and Liang was invisibly split a crack.

The largest city in the northwest of the Liyang Dynasty is not the prefecture city of Lianglingyou in Beiliang, but the Hutou City that suddenly emerged from the northern mud!

There are also some passes such as Daomaguan, where suppliers and travel to Liangmang on the border of Youzhou, but there is not a single one north of Liangzhou!

There are only wolf smoke and yellow sand fighting here, and you will never hear the caravan camel bells.

Although there were only two riders, one of them was dragging a woman tied with hands. She was covered in dust, her lips were chapped, and the exquisite embroidered shoes on her feet, which looked like the graceful daughter of Jiangnan, and her bloody toes were exposed. Her figure was shaking, but she was still struggling to hold on. When she could look up at the legendary Hutou City, which was filled with Beimang prisoners' heads, she was dragged to the ground by a war horse because of this inappropriate pause. The cavalry did not turn her head. She struggled to get up, otherwise she would be dragged to Hutou City like this. But exhausted, she could no longer stand up. She would only turn over, and a burning stinging stinging on the gravel came from her back. This pain was not about how severe the pain it had in an instant, but about the endless accumulation.

The Beimang cavalry who was ordered to act couldn't help but turn his head and glance. Such a woman sitting high on the cloud fell from the altar, but was dragged forward by him and his mount like a dog.

He turned to look at the horse in front of him. He didn't know why this man didn't kill him, nor why he didn't kill her.

In the distance, dust and hustle and bustle were everywhere, and a powerful team of hundreds of people came to the earth.

His heart contracted violently. This was the first time in his life that he had seen such a large number of Northern Liang cavalry. He quickly discovered that the Northern Liang cavalry was different from the Liuzi cavalry in the past. The latter was undoubtedly brave and cruel. After he joined the army, he would be the same, otherwise he would not have become one of the cavalry guards of General Liu Gui. However, the feeling that the Northern Liang cavalry in front gave him was even more terrifying. He had not fought with the Biaoyou crossbowman before, but he felt that the famous Northern Liang crossbowman was indeed amazing in combat, but when the number exceeded 300, it gave people a very strange feeling, such as the three or four hundred cavalry were integrated, and their horse-riding whips were full of forbearance and restraint that would make all the Northern Mang warriors feel extremely awkward. The Hutou City garrison in front of him, even the same as the rising and falling of their bodies followed the horse's back.

He only heard that the two heavy cavalry, fed with countless gold and silver, could truly go hand in hand when they completely spread out their formation and charge in the front line.

These four hundred cavalry rolled over and dismounted almost at the same time, and the middle-aged knight was the leader, knelt on one knee, lowered his head and fist and said, "I will see the prince!"

Then the four hundred cavalry said in unison: "See the prince!"

Xu Fengnian smiled and said, "Get up, let General Liu go out of the city to greet him."

The young prisoner behind Xu Fengnian who could still ride a horse and wear armor was stunned for a moment, and his mind was a little too hard to turn, but when he saw General Liu, who was wearing armor and crossbow, who was exactly the same as the cavalry behind him, seemed to be a cripple when he stood up?

Then he knew who this ordinary-looking lame general was, the first border general under the command of the Northern Liang Dynasty, Liu Crookizi, the general of Hutou City!

He didn't know what Liu Jinu, but almost every soldier in Liu's name had heard of this legendary Liu Chouzi in the desert. This person is different from many powerful generals in Beimang, who are more famous in Beimang. Liu Chouzi was recognized as a good general in the history of the times in the Northern Dynasties. He has strict military rules, but outside the battlefield treats soldiers as parents and children, with two sons and two daughters, and his son has been killed in the border area, and his youngest son was only sixteen years old when he died. Both daughters married his troops.

Next, they all became widows. Liu Crook was never ruthless to the enemy, but never killed innocent people. During a long-distance raid fourteen years ago, he went deep into the hinterland of Gusai Prefecture and beheaded over 10,000 yuan. His leg was stabbed by a prisoner woman with a dagger, but Liu Crook still did not kill her, leaving only a saying that was unknown to the truth but was widely circulated on the grassland, "Whether it is our Beiliang or you Beimang, it will only be your turn when the man dies."

Liu Jinu accompanied Xu Fengnian to the majestic Hutou City. He spent most of his life there. Looking at the tall wall, the general with great military achievements was extremely warm in his eyes.

The four hundred elite cavalry behind them slowly turned their horses back, and couldn't help but look at the strange two people. The young man riding a horse was dressed in Northern Barbarian costume and carried a lot of weapons. Then he dragged a woman who could only walk poorly.

After entering the city, Xu Fengnian took a shower and changed into clothes. Liu Jinu and several captains of Hutou City stood respectfully at the steps of the outer courtyard.

Xu Fengnian last time patrolled the border as the King of New Liang, stopped at Huaiyang Pass and did not come here. It is said that the lieutenant now had complaints, saying that the prince looked down on their Hutou City and regarded the soldiers of Hutou City as the cub raised by the stepmother of the Northern Liang Dynasty. The lieutenant who led three thousand heavy cavalry publicly threatened that he had the ability to let the soft garrisons of Huaiyang Pass perform martial arts with him once, and he was not willing to bully the Huaiyang Cavalry as a light cavalry. At worst, they could ask them to borrow two or three thousand more troops, and they would still have to throw away their armor without three rounds of charge.

.Xu Fengnian saw one of the strong men who pretended to be calm but obviously restrained and shrunk, waved to signal the generals of the Hutou City to sit down and talk. Liu Jinu's qualifications and military achievements were placed there. He could talk calmly with the Lao Liang King back then. In the face of Xu Fengnian, who was the new leader of Beiliang, of course, he was not at a loss. He sat on the stone bench calmly and caught a glimpse of the Ma Zhenguo who had scolded the most after drinking. Now, like a shy little girl who dared not see her lover, she sat at the last head with a stone bench and shrank her head.

Xu Fengnian tilted his head, as if he was looking for someone, and asked deliberately, "General Liu, don't you know if the lieutenant Ma, who threatened that even if he could not beat me, he could drink my lie down. Is it there?"

Liu Jinu held back his laughter and said nothing.

The captains here, who were as rough as the wind and sand on the frontier, couldn't help laughing out loud, and their laughter was full of straightforward and kindness.

No matter how feminine a man is, he will probably be hardened by the vicious sun here year after year.

A man with a narrow mind may be able to be supported by the vastness of the sky and the earth here day after day.

The horse talitarian straightened his waist, exposed his head high behind the robe, and threw it out and said, "Your Majesty, you are in a humble position. If you are really angry, you have to eat a whip. It's all right. When you get whip, can you find a place that your subordinates are invisible to see? Otherwise, you will be laughed at by those guys in the future."

Xu Fengnian obviously had no intention of calculating this man and asked, "General Liu, can you all drink?"

Liu Jinu nodded and smiled and joked: "Of course you can drink it. This group of people are just like that. At the table, I am the best of all the kings. However, both Ma Shirui and Chu Hanqing have to be on duty for the night patrol. As long as the others don't get drunk, it doesn't matter."

Xu Fengnian nodded, "Then let's drink some until we have a chance to make up for what we owe last time."

Liu Jinu turned around and shouted, "Ma Zhenguo, come and bring two jars of wine with Chu Hanqing in person, and then go to patrol the night."

Ma Zhenguo felt relieved and ran out of the yard with another lieutenant, and soon brought two jars of green ant wine.

The guilty Ma Zhenrui didn't dare to stay for too long, so she wanted to escape quickly. The elegant captain Chu Hanqing of Hutou City hesitated for a moment, looked at Xu Fengnian, and asked, "Prince, I can't drink tonight, and I don't know when and where will I drink next time? Can I pay tribute to the prince with an empty bowl?"

Xu Fengnian nodded.

Chu Hanqing held up the empty wine bowl high, while Xu Fengnian stood up and drank the green ant wine in the bowl.

Ma Zhenguo asked nervously: "Prince, why don't you be humble and respect you?"

Xu Fengnian drank another bowl with a smile.

After Xu Fengnian sat back on the stone bench, looked at the border generals with sincere smiles on his face, and asked, "General Liu, is there anything else I need in Hutou City? Just speak."

Liu Jinu held the bowl in one hand and placed the other on the lame leg with the other hand. He smiled and shook his head and said, "No more."

Xu Fengnian didn't say much, and accompanied these veterans of Beiliang who were in their forties to drink silently.
Chapter completed!