At this time, it was late July.

It was when the weather was hot and the grass was lush, and the thick grass on the grassland was waist-deep, and a rich smell of grass juice came to the nose. You can imagine how fat and strong those cattle, sheep, horses and other cattle, sheep, and horses would become after eating such grass.

One hundred miles outside Sanyuguan.

The Kemiqin Banner caravan was transferred to the gathering place.

Looking around, the clouds in the sky on the grassland are lingering, and the mountains are everywhere below, and there are white tents with black and red Jin flags hanging, giving people a sense of confusion like a mirror.

And just outside the tent area where the army was stationed, several caravans of more than 100 people, carrying more than 300 horses and 200 carriages, were trapped on the next grassland.

According to legend, a hundred years ago, the hundreds of tribes on the grassland had a powerful unified empire, but later it seemed that it was gradually divided due to a huge plague. The tribes fought against each other and broke up and reunited. Their interest was to annex each other and seize the great title of the so-called imperial Khan.

It is precisely because of this that the grassland is not suitable for farming and centralized trade, so many daily necessities have to be imported by caravans, so caravans of this size are still very safe and popular on the grassland.

A tea brick can be exchanged for two pack horses or a war horse, and the cost of a tea brick is simply negligible, so you can imagine how profits are. Of course, although it is smuggling, as long as it is not combat materials, the King of Yan's army will not move its own caravan. After all, it will have to pay a lot of money after returning to the customs.

The grassland people did not dare to plunder them. At most, they would just take some tax on the bus when they crossed. They were also afraid that if they plundered the caravan and did not go north in the future, they would probably not even be able to find salt.

But now it is not!

The grassland people are ready to go, no matter whether you are a caravan or something, as long as you are from the Great Jin Dynasty, there will always be some unruly patriarchs who shout: "Give up all these caravans, if they don't come again, then break their level and fight to Beihe Mansion!"

So they could only stay here first. Of course, there were also some familiar people who would risk trying their luck on the grassland. At this moment, when they saw the arrival of the Yan King army, their thoughts became lively again.

Camp by the river.

Although their Jingye Department did not directly interfere in military affairs, their status was not low after all. In addition to Lord Gu's relationship, their tent was not far from the central commander's tent, right next to the crown prince Liu Xuan.

This time Gu Qingfeng also brought out all his family's assets, including Qin Xingyue, the deputy supervisor of the long-legged beauty.

Although Gu Qingfeng and Qin Xingyue had not arrived in the central army, each person and a tent had been reserved, and the remaining people were all two.

Lu Changsheng was naturally the same as Ye Lan. As soon as they nailed the rivets of the tent into the grass, the prince and Dongfang Xuan came from outside.

Liu Xuan was wearing a special exquisite iron chain mail made by the Jin Dynasty. He had three layers of limbs and joints and neck protected by extremely tough cowhide leather. This was a standard cavalry outfit that could effectively resist the arrows on the battlefield.

"Your Highness, Brother Dongfang."

"The military affairs are done?"

Lu Changsheng asked with a smile.

Under the military supervision, there are military discipline officers who are responsible for supervising discipline. In fact, as long as there is no major event such as rebellion or mutiny, their supervision makes them not have much trouble on weekdays.

"fine!"

"We are just trying to make an outpost for our father. The five scouts have been sent out, just waiting for the father's army to arrive."

"Of course, if this Devil City has no defense, we will raid overnight and maybe take it down and present it to our father, so that Huangshi and his son can also see the style of the man in Beihe Mansion."

Liu Xuan waved his hand and smiled.

Since ancient times, cavalry has been the most expensive among soldiers trained, not only war horses, but also excellent feed, horse harness, etc. Even if the richest empire is, the army cannot be composed of cavalry.

Therefore, the King of Yan, an army of nearly 80,000 people, only the vanguard of the cavalry led by Liu Xuan, while the King of Yan was in charge of the central infantry army, and it would take at least half a day to get here.

Then the two sat on the grass in front of the tent.

Liu Xuan ordered someone to get a set of small braziers, and Dongfang Xuan held it in his hand, and opened the cloth bag that looked a little dirty.

Suddenly a scent of milk came.

"This is the milk tea of ​​the grassland people."

"I have to say that this milk is a good thing. Combined with tea is milk tea. Combined with wine is horse milk wine on the grassland. Brother Lu came to the grassland for the first time, and Your Highness said that you would try it too."

Dongfang Xuan threw the shiny milk tea pieces like square bricks into the boiling water, and a pot of milk tea was boiled out.

"Thank you Your Highness."

"Is this sent by the caravan?"

Lu Changsheng took a bowl and handed it to Ye Lan who was standing beside him.

However, Ye Lan just took Xiaoxiao and took a sip, then put it next to her with some disgust. It was obvious that this milk tea was almost as interesting as the authentic ones in their grassland.

Not far from them, several middle-aged businessmen dressed in coarse cloth were looking at this side with a charming smile. Their faces were covered with redness caused by the sun on the grassland. It was obvious that they were smuggling craft all year round.

"nature."

"Our army should protect them into the grassland and get some stuff, but it's not just for these things. Some of these private dealers are more familiar with the guides found in the army, and it is also useful to stay in the army."

"Several brothers from the Jingyes, come and have some drinks."

Liu Xuan also held a bowl of milk tea, and after drinking it all, he smiled and greeted Zhu Yingjie and others who were beside him.

They nodded and thanked, but did not dare to refuse. They each brought a bowl and sat down.

Lu Changsheng nodded, then looked to the west, and there was a vague yellow color standing like a hilly place, asking: "Then is the Devil City? Why is it called this name?"

This time, the final destination of the expedition to the grassland was more than 500 miles, the Golden Royal Court deep in the grassland.

And this Devil City is also the first stop on the marching route. Only from the Devil City can you reach the mouth of Yinmahe River, which is the key to a place that must be fought for by military strategists.

As long as you take it down, the remaining hundreds of miles of grassland will be unobstructed!

Liu Xuan waved his hands to the merchants, and one of them wore a fur hat and ran over with a smile: "Zheng... Prince, this milk tea is delicious, I have a lot of it. If you want it, just talk, hehe."

"No."

"What's going on before? Tell me about this Lord Lu."

In front of outsiders, Liu Xuan's voice suddenly became cold, and he looked tall and arrogant. The middle-aged businessman nodded constantly, took a sip of the smoke pot, and fucked his hoarse voice and said, "The Devil's Castle is ahead."

"Of course, there is not a devil inside, but a small town. It's just that the grassland is already dry and the wind is very windy and sandy, so there are many hills. When the wind blows, it will be whimpering at night, like a ghost's wailing..."
Chapter completed!