After waiting for a while, the cavalry post of the Guards Army finally came back to report that they found the Iron Cavalry Division's flag fifty miles away. At night, Madam Yan finally arrived with Yan Lingge and her troops.

Looking at it from a distance, before he could see Madam Yan's appearance clearly, Chuning saw a knight rushing towards her first, and when he was about tens of steps away from her, he dismounted gracefully and charged towards her with a knife in his hand.

"Give me back my horse armor!"

As soon as he saw Chu Ning, Yan Lingge felt his blood surge, and his anger was soaring, wishing to cut her directly under the knife, just to relieve his hatred.

Chu Ning had never practiced martial arts before, so how could he have seen Yan Lingge's formation, he was immediately frightened and ran around with his head in his arms, the old god Xiao Hongfei was there, and looked at it with a smile, but Li Rui couldn't see it, drew his sword out of its sheath, and stood up Hold Yan Lingge's long knife.

Li Rui doesn't know Yan Lingge, but she has roughly figured out the meaning of the flag of the Weimin Army. She knows that this team is flying the division-level flag of the Weimin Army. Hou, someone who dares to draw a sword at Chuning at this moment is obviously guilty of the following.

Although he thought in his heart that Chu Ning was helpless, Li Rui stood up for Chuning and blocked Yan Lingge.

Yan Lingge didn't really want to kill Chuning, but he was so angry that he wanted to scare her. At this moment, he was blocked by a strange woman, and when he changed his mind, he immediately thought of Bai Su.

Could it be that General Chu opened his eyes by wandering around outside, so he made eye contact with someone else?

As a loyal fan girl of Master Bai, Yan Lingge's heart rang loudly, but the knife in his hand was not polite at all, and he slashed several times in a blink of an eye, forcing Li Rui to take a few steps back.

Li Rui's martial arts skills are also extraordinary. Even Feng Jiuqing sometimes suffers from her. Now when he fights against Yan Lingge, although the advantage is not obvious, he is still able to handle it with ease.

Chu Ning hid behind Xiao Hongfei for the rest of his life, and watched the two of them fight enthusiastically, wishing he could hold a bucket of popcorn and watch it as a movie.

Real swords and real martial arts are not comparable to those movie scenes in the previous life that were recorded in slow motion, edited and added special effects in post-production.

Although the real martial arts in this world are not as exaggerated as in the movies and novels, there is still a significant difference between those who have practiced and those who have not. For example, Yan Lingge, three, five, six or seven ordinary soldiers can't get in her side at all.

The two fought for a while, but after all, Li Rui was not as good as Yan Lingge who could not leave his body for a long time, and his physical strength was exhausted too fast, so Yan Lingge had the upper hand.

When the two of them finished fighting, Chuning was still regretting that there was no popcorn and Coke. When she came back to her senses, she found that a knight in armor was sizing her up not far away.

Before Chu Ning could speak, Xiao Hong lifted off his clothes and knelt down on one knee: "Xiao Hongfei, pay my respects to Mrs. Yan."

The rider was Mrs. Yan, who got off the horse and kindly helped Xiao Hongfei up, and said with a deep and majestic female voice, "I haven't seen you for 20 years. The young man who was back then has now grown into a handsome man."

After the two exchanged a few words of greeting, Madam Yan's eyes fell on Chu Ning. Seeing that Chu Ning looked at her curiously and inquiringly, she asked, "How is it? From Chu Zhaoyi's point of view, the old man can still fight no?"

Mrs. Yan has passed the age, and although she has been weather-beaten in these years, she still has a straight posture, like a sharp sword drawn from its sheath, with a sharp demeanor.She had known about Chu Ning's existence from Yan Lingge a long time ago, and she was even more curious about her. Now that she saw him, she felt that this person was quite different from the ignorant person Yan Lingge described.

"Dare to ask Senior Yan," Chu Ning did not know Mrs. Yan like Xiao Hongfei did, so he did not kneel down, but cupped his hands and asked, "Is the fighting spirit still there?"

"The heart of war is always there!"

"Why are you fighting?"

Mrs. Yan couldn't help being stunned, and then said in a deep voice: "Fight for the blood feud of my Yan family! Fight for my Yan character battle flag! Fight for the people of the Central Plains!"

"Okay! Senior Yan is invited to enter the camp for a military meeting!"

Madam Yan was originally a traitor to the imperial court, but she didn't care about it at the moment. Xiao Hongfei's five major generals, the two major generals of the Weimin Army, and the twelve chief inspectors of the Zhaoyi Army were all informed by the new news brought by Madam Yan. hold on.

"Most of the two counties of Liaoxi and Beiping have fallen into the hands of Xianbei. Gu Wenxiong is now trapped in Pinggang City. The newly arrived soldiers in Jicheng have no leader. They act on their own. heavy."

Although Mrs. Yan's words were brief, all the generals present understood the underlying meaning—the Daqing court's costly Eastern Expedition had already been defeated.

"Xianbei invaded with troops this year. It is indeed very powerful, and the princes of the court have their own differences. If the conscription started at the beginning of the year and the defense was deployed earlier, it would not have ended up in such a situation." Xiao Hongfei said helplessly: "Now, Gu Wenxiong and [-] The main force of the elite was captured by Pinggang City, and the second county of Beiping, Liaoning, fell into the enemy's hands...Yuyang County, Xianbei is also within easy reach."

For the Daqing court, Liaoxi, Beiping, and Yuyang counties were all poor frontier counties, but for the Xianbei people who still relied on animal skins to hide their shame, they were extremely rich.

"Once these three counties are looted, Xianbei can stop raising troops for at least three years." Madam Yan continued: "With Xianbei's current strength, if we rest for another three years, I'm afraid Daqing will be in danger."

Hearing what Xiao Hongfei and Mrs. Yan said, Chu Ning couldn't help thinking of some books related to nomads that he had read in his previous life, but most of the time, nomads would grab them wherever they went, unlike Xianbei today, which has strong strategic purpose.

I only know that the brutal enemy who burns, kills, and loots is not the most terrifying enemy. What is terrible is that the enemy is not only brutal, but also has a military strategy. Enemies with a military strategy will soon break away from the low-level desires of personal interests, and soon Political cognition will be born, and then they will taste the taste of power, so as to use power to form corresponding political groups.

"Once the army is raised, it takes three years to recuperate." Li Rui looked at Mrs. Yan and Xiao Hongfei, and said coldly, "Could it be that these barbarians still want to set foot in the Central Plains and get their hands on Daqing?"

"Why not?" Mrs. Yan said solemnly: "Daqing lost a deer, and all the heroes chased it."

"But from ancient times to the present, from the Shan Rong to the Xiongnu, and then to the present Xianbei..." Zhou Yu said incredulously: "They always send troops only for food and wealth..."

"It won't happen in the future." A sneer appeared on Madam Yan's face, and she continued, "You should have some plans, right? Should you save Gu Wenxiong and turn the tide, or..."

"Ma'am, are you joking?" Chu Qi said in surprise, "With our strength, how could we defeat more than [-] people in Xianbei? Rescue General Gu from Pinggang City?"

"Gu Wenxiong must be saved." Li Rui said: "With the loss of these [-] elites, the entire Youzhou will become a hunting ground for Xianbei people. Not only is it not good for the court, it is also not good for us."

Zhou Yu looked at Xiao Hongfei, and asked: "The Xianbei army under Pinggang City is waiting for the battle, and we will not help the world if we go."

"Why do you want to rescue Ping Gang?" Li Rui asked back: "We are now in the hinterland of Xianbei..."

"The princess means that we wantonly plunder here? To attract the Xianbei troops to return?" Xiao Hongfei thought for a while and asked: "If there is too much commotion, all the Xianbei troops will be led back..."

"Then keep things within a certain range." Li Rui said, showing a pure and harmless smile, pointing to the map and continuing: "Along the Wuhou Qinshui and Rao Leshui, it is Duanbu Xianbei's Lao Wo, continue to go north, it is the territory of Yuwen Xianbei, if we only grab these two tribes and let the Murong tribe go... What do you think they will think?"

Chu Ning knew that he was lacking in military strategy, so he had been listening quietly all the time. Hearing Li Rui's words now, he almost couldn't help giving Li Rui 32 likes—as expected of being a member of the royal family. As expected, the scheming was really slippery. In this way, not only would Duanbu Xianbei or Yuwen Xianbei be forced to send troops back to help, but they would even take the opportunity to plant disasters for others.

Mrs. Yan and Xiao Hongfei obviously had plans for a long time ago, and they were not too surprised to hear Li Rui's words at this moment, and instead discussed feasible strategies with the generals.

As soon as the matter was settled, it was almost midnight, Xiao Hongfei personally sent Mrs. Yan back to the camp, and the two of them talked about the past while walking.

Chu Ning and Yan Lingge also left one after another, but Li Rui was left alone at the end, lonely outside his figure.

Back at the camp of the Weimin Army, Yan Lingge relaxed a little, took two wooden boxes from the accompanying guards, stepped into Chuning's tent, found a Maza and sat down, and then asked impatiently: " Zhongwujun and Princess Yingchuan, what are you going to do?"

"Huh?" Chu Ning didn't understand for a while, and said blankly, "What should I do?"

"Don't you plan to recruit them?" Yan Lingge said: "I heard that the emperor is seriously ill and has not been in court for a long time. Didn't you make preparations earlier? The rebel army...can't defend Liaodong."

Chuning also sat down, looked at Yan Lingge, and sighed, "This is not something you would ask."

"Since Xiao Hongfei was guilty of losing the city first, and then he was responsible for arranging the enemy... Now that all the food and supplies are in your hands, can't you take this opportunity to let him take refuge in you?"

"If I just want an army, I can take advantage of the present and choose from among the homeless refugees. I don't need to steal food from other people's pots." Chuning said calmly: "Ling Ge, please pass on the case." Your mother, whether it is the Iron Cavalry Division or the Fengming Village, as long as you want, you can always carry the "Yan" character handsome flag--the same is true for the Zhongwu Army, I will win them over and cooperate with them, but I have never I never thought of breaking them up and keeping them for myself."

In some respects, Chuning would rather believe in mutually beneficial cooperation than loyalty and righteousness.

"You misunderstood me. There has been no Yanzi Shuaiqi and Fengming Village in this world for a long time. Since four years ago, we have become a part of the Bai family... Now, since the Bai family has merged us into Wei Minjun, then we can only be the Cavalry Division of the Weimin Army." Yan Lingge said bitterly: "I'm not afraid of your jokes, we are all afraid of being hungry, we would rather eat and die in battle... than do what we did a few years ago Living in misery... Making money and getting food is not our strong point."

After Yan Lingge finished speaking, she saw that Chuning was silent, thinking that she had said something wrong, she couldn't help but looked at Chuning anxiously, but saw that she dragged out a wooden box from behind and rummaged through it.

Not long after, Chuning came out with a stack of crimson fabric from the bottom. After shaking it open, he saw a new flag - embroidered with a circle of complicated phoenix-shaped patterns, and a large swallow character in the middle, which was particularly conspicuous.

"The number of soldiers in the Iron Cavalry Division has long been overstaffed. I haven't figured out how to adjust it... Well, just before the expedition, Aunt Xie said she would embroider the military flag for me, so I asked her to embroider this." Chu Ning spread out the flag. , and said: "The battle organization above the division level of the Guards and People's Army is the Department. From now on, the army you lead will be called the Fengming Iron Cavalry Department."

"Fengming Iron Cavalry War Department..." Yanling Gelian repeated several times, looking at the word "Yan" in the middle, burst into tears.

Chuning was moving another box, and hurriedly shouted: "Hey, hey, hey? Yan Lingge, are you touched? Don't just cry, come and help me, this box contains the armor prepared for your mother ...It's too heavy, General Chu can't move it..."

"Suddenly want to kill you!"

Yan Lingge let out a roar, put away the military flag and moved, and helped Chuning carry out another box, and then said: "Because of the siege of Pinggang City this time, for safety reasons, the Bai family's merchant ships did not go to Jieshi in western Liaoning. Instead, we docked at the mouth of the Liaoshui River in Liaodong County, and after meeting us, we went all the way north, and encountered a small group of Goguryeo troops on the way."

"Goguryeo also extended its claws to Liaodong?"

"Yes, my mother asked me to tell you, try not to go north again, lest someone steals the back road and cuts off the grain road." Yan Lingge handed the two wooden boxes he brought to Chuning , smiled and said: "Master Bai heard that you want to eat meat, so Zhu Erxi specially asked Zhu Erxi to rush to make beef jerky. Would you like to try it? It is much better than horse meat."

"I'll go!" Chu Ning opened one of the wooden boxes, and saw that the sealed clay pot inside had been opened, and more than half of the jerky inside was missing, and he was furious: "Yan Lingge, are you looking for death? How dare you steal it?" General Ben’s jerky?”

"I thought you didn't like beef jerky." Yanling smiled cheaply, "Master Bai also asked the merchant ship to bring some fat pigs. If General Chu doesn't like pork, Yan is willing to help."

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Chuning to get angry, Yan Lingge slipped out of Chuning's military tent with the military flag in his arms and the wooden box containing the armor, and he was immediately in a good mood.

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