nucmednet Chapter 197 Central Plains Guo Zian
Chapter 197 Central Plains Guo Zian
Qingshui County outside Shizhou City.
The advance scout camp sent by the Xiongnu was killed twice by Qin Zichuan, a captain under the guerrilla general Chen Songtao. After showing up, they rested outside the pass for more than ten days.
Seeing that the situation had calmed down for a long time, the Xiongnu Western Army organized troops to attack the pass again.
Huyan Duo was a small leader of the Huyan family. Huyan Yan admired him very much. It was Huyan Yan who recommended him to lead the Western Route Army to the south.
Lan Guifang suffered a disgrace in a battle two years ago and returned to the tribe to live a leisurely life. Most of his family members are engaged in business.
Nalan Yilan is the most beautiful girl in the Nalan family. She has loved the Central Plains culture since she was a child. She often dresses up as a Han Chinese child and travels to Bingzhou and Yuzhou.
According to legend, the farthest distance traveled was to Hangzhou.
The Nalan family intended to form an alliance with the Huyan family. Huyan Duo led his army southward. Nalan Yilan was not happy about this and asked the clan leader for permission to take 5,000 people with him to join Yelu Feng and Xiao Ran.
"Brother Dafeng, Roland asked us to go together. How many people do you plan to take with you?"
Roland is also Nalan Yilan's name in the Central Plains, because the Huyan family and the Yelu family were once of Xianbei descent and have been close on the grassland over the years.
"The Huyan clan sent 30,000 soldiers, and the other small tribes also sent more than 20,000. They require our clan to send at least 10,000 soldiers. I think the Yelu clan will send 20,000, and you and I will each bring 10,000 soldiers."
Having been to the Central Plains alone before, Yelu Feng was naturally not afraid of the issue of whether there were too many people or too few.
"That's fine. Ten thousand people really isn't a lot. We'll gather in three days."
When they went south to fight, they never brought too much supplies and food. They just robbed along the way. They had no psychological burden on the grassland because since they were born, they had been taught about the relationship between wolves and sheep.
The law of the jungle and the survival of the fittest are still applicable on the grassland.
When Huyan Duo assembled his troops, he discovered that their total number was only 80,000.
"Are we too few people? If this continues, the entire assault team will be completely exhausted."
There are quite a few people on the Shizhou line, and they are not afraid of the grassland storm, but if they have to fight against the siege or counterattack, they are not enough.
"Huyan Duo, the Chanyu is preparing an eastern army and doesn't have many troops for us. If you are short of men, take another 20,000 elders from the tribe. These people have no fighting capacity."
Hu Yanyan knew that the number of people given this time was a bit small, but their mission this time was to go to Shizhou and then defend it.
"Abugu, I will behave like a warrior. You don't have to worry about me."
It is basically impossible to take over Shizhou without 200,000 troops. The reason why Huyan Duo made this determination is that he hopes to go to the Central Plains with Roland to have some fun.
As for the plan to capture Shizhou, he didn't even think about it.
After another two days of reorganizing the army, Huyan Yan mobilized 10,000 old and experienced soldiers, along with some food and supplies.
There is a city wall outside Shizhou Pass, but the wall is long and has gaps after years of disrepair.
The treasury of the Zhou Dynasty emperor was so large that mice could enter it to hold sports competitions.
It's really too spacious.
This also led to the border guards not going to these absurd city walls, as they might easily fall into an ambush if they were not careful.
"Chief, we have reached the old city wall. Should we directly enter and attack Shizhou City, or conduct a raid on the camp?"
Xiao Ran came back from exploring the way ahead and found Hu Yanduo in the central army and asked.
"We're about to reach the Central Plains. It's already cold. So, Lan Yilan, what are your plans?"
Yelu Feng smiled secretly when he heard this. This time, when Lan Yilan came, she would leave the team and take a dozen people directly into the heart of the Central Plains.
He had already made an agreement with Xiao Ran that he would accompany Yilan and he would lead the team when the time came.
As the leader of an army, Huyan Duo certainly cannot leave his post without permission.
Nalan Yilan pointed to the west and said, "If we go in this direction, we will encounter a big river. Then, along the river, we will see crops, cattle and sheep."
"We are not here to plunder supplies this time, but to become the masters of Shizhou."
"Okay, go ahead!" Lan Yilan didn't believe that with just a few people like them, they could force Shizhou to give up the city.
"The spies ahead haven't given me any news yet. Let's rest under this old city first. A miracle will happen in ten days at most."
Huyan Duo was very confident that Shizhou would send troops out to quell the rebellion in the eastern part of Bingzhou.
Lan Yilan didn't care what Huyan Duo thought, she just wanted to think what she wanted to think.
He rode his horse to the Central Plains to find his brother Guo.
The brother Guo in Lan Yilan's mind was originally from Zheng County, Huazhou. His real name was Guo Zi'an. He followed his father to fight all the way eastward and now settled in Daming Prefecture.
When he met Nalan Yilan, they were admiring the peonies in Luoyang. He had just gotten married at that time, and his wife's family was from Luoyang, so he took the opportunity to visit her.
Unexpectedly, he met Nalan Yilan, who was using the pseudonym Roland at the time, and was attracted by her heroic spirit. The two of them continued to head south.
One plays a young hero, the other plays a female hero, and the two travel the world with swords.
It is so pleasant to go from Ezhou to Xiangtan, and then to Yuezhou in Jiangxi, enjoying the mountains and rivers along the way.
She returned to the grassland a year ago due to family matters and has not heard from Guo Zian since then. This time she came here to rekindle their old relationship.
"Last time I asked you to help me find information about Guo Zian, how did it go?"
"Roland, I've sent many people out to look for him, but there's no news of him. According to what he said, he's a student from Luoyang. We've checked all the major academies, but there's no one who looks like Guo."
Yelu Feng accompanied Nalan Yilan south at that time, just wanting to make friends with the Nalan family. Unexpectedly, when this woman met Guo Zian, she was so fascinated that she didn't want to return to the grassland.
If he hadn't used his connections on the grassland to create some trouble, the Lan family wouldn't have sent a message to ask Yilan to go back.
"We'll go to Luoyang again this time, maybe we can find some clues."
Na Lan Yilan felt that Guo Zian must have a connection with Luoyang, otherwise it would not be such a coincidence.
"Master, when we returned to the grassland, this Mr. Guo left on his own and did not go north with us. I suspected at the time that his family was not in Luoyang."
Nalan Yilan's maid is called Dema. They grew up together and she cares the most about her young master.
"Did you care about the direction he was going at that time?" Nalan Yilan asked Xiang Dema.
"Master, do you remember? Our people were waiting for us in Luoyang at that time. Our ship was heading to Luoyang, but Master Guo also took a ship and parted ways with us in Chuzhou."
"You mean he changed his route?"
"I don't know, but it's very likely!"
"If he's heading north, where can he go?"
When they went out to play, Lan Yilan brought a map with her. They followed the river for shipping and visited several cities to the north one by one. They decided to go to Chuzhou first and then go north along the river.
Zhao Sheng withdrew 5,000 men from Xu Shaowu's army in Guangchang County and happened to meet the Yang family generals. In order to obtain the qualification to enter the city, Yang Chuanbao surrendered his military power.
"There are probably more than 2,000 people from the Yang family and Zijing Pass. We will return them to the Yang family. If they are willing, the two teams can be merged and called the Yanyun Yang Family Army."
Upon hearing this, Sun Jiping from the county magistrate thought Zhao Sheng was a bit bold, but since the prince consort had said so, he had no choice but to do as he was told.
Yang Chuanbao, accompanied by Yang Chuangang, brought Li Lei and other centurions to the county government office and met Zhao Sheng.