Chapter 610: Prancing Horse and White Rock Pass
The iron hooves were like thunder, and dust splashed. Before Baishi Pass could see a shadow, Yan Liqiang had already seen a stream of smoke and dust rising from a mountain pass in the distance. In the smoke and dust, almost thousands of cavalrymen turned the mountain pass, and were rushing towards this side...
Seeing cavalry rushing towards this side in the distance, without distinguishing the enemy and friends, Xiong Peng rolled and said, "Protect Master...", then the guards in front rode their horses forward, and the guards behind rushed to the wings of the team, protecting Yan Liqiang in the team. The guards carrying the war bow had already held the war bow in their hands. Many guards picked up the crossbows they carried with them, placed them horizontally on the saddle, staring at the team rushing from afar, ready to face the enemy at any time.
"There are my own people in front of me, so don't be nervous. It's the cavalry of the defenders of Baishi Pass who are here to welcome me..."
Hearing Yan Liqiang speak, the nerves of the guards around him relaxed a little.
Looking at the group of energetic faces beside him, Yan Liqiang also felt an indescribable comfort and emotion in his heart. Most of the accompanying guards he brought were students of the first phase of the Gongdao Club. Two years ago, these people were still a little immature when they joined the Gongdao Club. But now, in just two years, after experiencing arduous training and fighting with the seventh caravan of Shatu, the young faces have become mature, and their eyes have a sharp aura that only veterans have.
Young, sincere, brave, and fearless are the true portrayal of those faces.
The people on the opposite side rushed towards this side. At first glance, the number of people was two or three times that of here. However, none of the guards around him retreated just now. They all stared at the people rushing from afar, and continued to rush forward bravely. They were all good men!
"Go..." Yan Liqiang felt a little excited. He clamped his legs, and the dark clouds covered snow sounded a long time. His four hooves flew over all the guards like a black shadow, and rushed to the front of the team. "My sons, come with me. Let's go to Baishi Pass today to turn around. In the future, we will make achievements and recover the territory for the Han Empire. Let's start from Baishi Pass and sing our songs..."
The guards behind saw Yan Liqiang rushing to the front and heard Yan Liqiang's words one by one, and their blood was boiling. Everyone shouted, their legs were clamped against the horse's belly, and the team of hundreds rushed forward with the rumbling iron hooves.
Qian Su and Lu Wenbin in the team looked at each other and rushed up together. Both of them struggled from the bottom, so riding horses was not difficult for the two of them. Even if they couldn't compare with the guards around Yan Liqiang, there was no problem riding horses for hundreds of miles.
"The wolf smoke rises and looks northward
The dragon rises and the horse is neighing like frost
My heart is like the vast water of the Yellow River
Who can resist in the past twenty years
The sword is aimed at by the long sword
How many loyal souls of hands and feet are buried in other places
Why do you regret your family and country?
I feel speechless and bloody tears are all over my eyes
Horse hooves go south and people look north
Looking north at the grass green and yellow dust flying
I'm willing to defend my territory and open my borders again
A great man wants to make the four sides
Come and congratulate..."
Just as the majestic and passionate singing was heard, the cavalry on both sides quickly approached.
The one who came to welcome Yan Liqiang was the general Huwei lieutenant Tieyunshan, who was guarding Baishi Pass.
Tieyunshan was a veteran of Pingxi County before and the oldest person in Pingxi County who was below the military commander. Tieyunshan met Yan Liqiang for the first time before, when Qiyun Guardian Mansion opened the mansion, and this was the second time today.
Originally, Tieyunshan didn't want to take his men and horses so far to welcome Yan Liqiang. He felt that as the guard of Baishi Pass, he would just wait for Yan Liqiang to arrive at Baishi Pass. However, a confidant of his army advised him, "The guardian is famous all over the world, young and energetic, but he doesn't have much experience in leading the army. At this moment, Qi Yun's guardian's commander and generals in the army under the army are the highest qualifications. If you don't do it, the more you care about the opinions and evaluations of others. The guardian's guardian's first visit to Baishi Pass today. If you don't greet him today, it may make the guardian feel that you are arrogant and despised and neglected. If the guardian has this view of you, then the situation in Qiyun County in the future will be very bad. Don't forget the old story of the former emperor Lu Chong's killing of the general at the gate..."
Hearing the confidant beside him say this, Tie Yunshan thought about it and felt that it made sense. Then he took the two cavalrymen from Baishi Pass out 30 miles to welcome Yan Liqiang.
From afar, Tieyunshan heard the songs sung by the cavalry guards on Yan Liqiang's side. He watched Yan Liqiang take the lead and led a group of high-spirited guards toward him. Although Yan Liqiang's side was not many, the invincible aura of Yan Liqiang's invincible momentum when he rushed over with his people still made Tieyunshan feel nervous. He suddenly remembered what his master said to him back then, for example, the general is not the soldiers, but a breath, the army is in the army, the army is dissipated, the army is weak, the army is weak, the army is strong, the army is strong, the commander of the army is the courage, and the army is able to see its fortune.
Grandma, who said that the supervisor had never led the soldiers? Tie Yunshan cursed in his heart.
The distance between the two sides was less than a hundred meters, and Tieyunshan had already slowed down with his men, and then finally the two sides stopped together when they were more than twenty meters apart.
"Swish..." Tie Yunshan pulled out the long sword from his waist, held it up all at once, and said loudly, "Tie Yunshan, the guardian of Baishi Pass, has seen the supervisor..."
Tieyunshan directly forced a cavalry salute to Yan Li. As Tieyunshan's movements, more than a thousand cavalry behind him also choked, pulled out the long sword from his waist, pointed at Changkong, and shouted loudly, "I have seen the Lord Supervisor!"
Thousands of long swords pointed directly into the sky in the sun, flashing with dazzling cold light and magnificent power.
Yan Liqiang's eyes swept over Tieyunshan's gray beard, armor on his body, and the long swords in the hands of more than a thousand cavalrymen behind him, and nodded secretly. However, from the uniform movements of the cavalry behind Tieyunshan, Yan Liqiang knew that this was an elite force. Tieyunshan was good at leading troops, and he was really not a good person.
"Thank you all, let's go back to Baishi Pass!" The army likes to be straightforward, so Yan Liqiang doesn't talk nonsense, and even doesn't say a word. After saying that, he shook the reins and the dark clouds and snow ran away.
Seeing this, Tie Yunshan didn't say much. He put away the long sword in his hand, turned his horse's head, and rushed towards Baishi Pass with Yan Liqiang.
Thirty miles away, for these cavalry riding on the Xilong horse, it was easy and arrived in less than half an hour.
The group came to the mountain pass in front, turned over the mountain pass, entered the mountain, and ran for seven or eight miles, and a majestic pass appeared in front of Yan Liqiang.
The entire Baishi Pass is majestic and tall, blending with the steep and steep mountains on both sides. It is like a big lock, just locking the jaw between the two mountains.
Before the group arrived at Baishi Pass, they saw a group of Shatu people's caravans carrying all kinds of things out of Baishi Pass.
This Baishi Pass is an important checkpoint connecting the Gulang Grassland and Ganzhou, and it is also the only way for Shatu people to enter the Han Empire. In addition to Baishi Pass, if Shatu people want to enter the Han Empire, they can only cross the mountain roads and paths among the vast mountains on the border between Yulong Mountain and Lanzhou. After the "Black Wind Thieves" played by the Gongdao Society began to kill the Shatu caravans in various places in the northwest, slowly, the Shatu people found that it seemed that only the caravans that entered Ganzhou from Baishi Pass to Yingwei County were safer, and the chances of encountering the "terrifying horse bandits" were small. Therefore, in the past six months, there have been more and more Shatu caravans entering Ganzhou from Baishi Pass, and correspondingly, Yingwei County Bianji has become more and more popular.
When the caravans of Shatu people saw a large number of cavalry rushing over here, they quickly stopped their horses and leaned against the mountain roadside, waiting for the team here to pass before they set off.
Yan Liqiang glanced at the caravans of Shatu people. On the horses and camels of the caravans, there were large and large sacks of tied bundles. You could tell at a glance that it was filled with wool. In just half a year, wool had become the most important commodity for Shatu people to trade with the Han Empire.
Two or three miles away from Baishi Pass, several cavalrymen rushed out of the pass. Feng Fenghuohuo rushed directly towards the place where Yan Liqiang and Tie Yunfei were. In just a while, the riders rushed to Tie Yunfei. One of the black-faced small flag officers had not even seen Yan Liqiang clearly, and immediately shouted at Tie Yunshan.
Chapter completed!