After more than ten days of long-distance march, five thousand forbidden troops finally arrived at Nanyun City on the day planned by Li Ye.

Different from Tianfeng City, as soon as there was still one day's journey from Nanyun City, the spies sent by the Great Emperor met Li Ye and sent the news of the impending Forbidden Army back to Nanyun City.

When Li Ye led the five thousand forbidden troops to the gate of Nanyun City, the eldest prince had already brought Nanyun City Lord Yang Kaiyi, guard Ma Feihu, deputy general Chen Yunlong and other Nanyun soldiers waiting, and gave Li Ye and five thousand soldiers.

A surprise for the Custodes.

Li Ye, who stepped out of the carriage, looked at this majestic border city and couldn't help but sigh: "Such a majestic border city has to face a baptism of blood and fire."

"Your Majesty, I have met the Imperial Master." Yang Kaiyi, the lord of Nanyun City, stepped forward to greet him. No introduction was needed. The imperial city had already sent Li Ye's portrait to Nanyun City.

"Your Majesty, I have met the Imperial Master." Guard General Ma Feihu and Deputy General Chen Yunlong came forward to greet him.

Wearing a yellow robe, with long hair hanging casually behind his back, the eldest prince, who was about 20 years old, patted the snowflakes on his hands, stretched out his hand to say hello to Li Ye: "Xia Yunlong, the guard of southern Xinjiang, has met the national master."

Li Ye was stunned, stepped forward, held the eldest prince's hand, and said with a smile: "I have heard about the eldest prince's reputation for a long time, and today I finally get to meet him. Haha, it's great."

The eldest prince was also stunned, stared at Li Ye, and laughed loudly: "I also heard from my father that the imperial master is a wonderful man, and I can see him today, and it is indeed good. Heroes come from young, and our dynasty is blessed.

"

Li Ye pointed at Nalan Yu and Mu Mu behind him and said to everyone: "This is General Nalan Yu, the vanguard of the Forbidden Army and the head guard in the palace. This is my sister Mu Mu. Come with me to southern Xinjiang to fight against the enemy together!"

The eldest prince, Yang Kaiyi, Ma Feihu, Chen Yunlong and others were stunned, looked at Mu Mu and said: "Can sister Mu Mu also go to the battlefield? That will bleed to death!"

Mu Mu turned away nonchalantly and replied: "Is it any different from me killing wild beasts on Tianshan Mountain? It's not like I've never seen it before."

Li Ye shook his head and ignored her.

On the other hand, after Nalan Yu met with the eldest prince and others, he smiled and said, "Don't underestimate my sister. She is not afraid of monks in the Nascent Soul realm when fighting."

It was only then that the eldest prince looked at Mu Mu carefully, and after a while he sighed: "Sure enough, heroes come from young. When I was as old as I was, I had just established the foundation!"

The city lord Yang Kaiyi greeted: "The army will settle down in the city first, and we will talk about everything back to the city."

The eldest prince waved his hand and said: "Send the order, the army will enter the city and camp at the designated barracks as originally planned!"

Nalanyu waved his hand and sent an order: "The army will enter the city and set up camp in an orderly manner." After speaking, he looked at Li Ye and said, "The Imperial Preceptor will enter the city with the Great Emperor first, and I will camp with the Forbidden Army, and then join the Imperial Preceptor again."

Li Ye waved his hand and said: "You can go on your own. Note: arrange all the soldiers of the Forbidden Army."

Nalanyu nodded and accepted the order, turned around and left.

...

"Excuse me, City Lord, Grand Marshal, I want to see the newly built moat." Li Ye was not in a hurry to enter the city to rest, he wanted to see the front line ahead.

"Master, why don't you take a rest first and go back tomorrow?" Yang Kaiyi asked softly.

Li Ye shook his head and replied: "All I have been thinking about is the progress of the moat. How can I take a rest? I'd better go and take a look first."

The Great Emperor thought for a while and said to Yang Kaiyi: "Just go and have a look, so that the Imperial Master can rest assured and send an order to bring the horse over." He waved his hand and gave instructions to the guard at the city gate.

After a while, a soldier came over with five war horses. The eldest prince took one himself, handed two to Li Ye, and said with a smile: "Does the Imperial Master ride in a carriage or on horseback?"

Li Ye looked at Mu Mu and said, "Do you want to ride a horse?"

Mu Mu turned her head, grabbed the reins from his hand, and said with a smile: "Of course I'm good at riding horses."

A group of five people all mounted their horses and galloped towards the depths of Nanyun City.

Nanyun City is an important border town. Although it is facing the war, many merchants in the city have fled back to Tianfeng City. However, there are still some merchants who are unwilling to leave their hometowns and still open their shops. There are still three or two shops on the streets that Li Ye passes.

Shops are open for business.

While galloping, he secretly thought: Even if we are going against these innocent merchants and people, we cannot lose this war.

It took Li Ye and others nearly half an hour to enter the city from the north gate to climb up the south gate tower. Li Ye was deeply shocked when he saw the soldiers digging ditches despite the severe cold.

Although these southern Xinjiang soldiers have never experienced war, they are still fighting the severe cold with all their lives in order to protect their homeland.

"How is the progress of the moat now? How long will it take to complete it? We cannot let the soldiers lose their combat effectiveness because of digging the moat." Li Ye turned to look at the eldest prince and asked in a serious voice.

The eldest prince stood on the city wall, looked down, and replied: "Yesterday's progress is that the entire moat has been dug two feet deep and ten feet wide. If everything goes well today, it can be wider."

Li Ye took a look and said: "The moat is about twenty feet away from the city wall, plus the distance of ten feet is thirty feet. If the enemy attacks, both sides will be within the range of bows and arrows... Please tell me

The prince gave the order, and the moat was dug ten feet, and the depth was increased to three feet. After the completion, we will rest for some days..."

"Should we be wider so that we can have some confidence in a fight?" City Lord Yang Kaiyi asked worriedly.

Li Ye looked back at him and the eldest prince, frowning slightly.

He replied: "This is just a barrier. If we really want to fight, we can't count on it to win. This width is almost enough. Let them get closer to fight easily."

Li Ye had his own opinion in his heart, but he couldn't express it clearly now.

"Have someone send you a bow and arrows, City Lord Yang." Li Ye said calmly.

"Master, wait a moment, I will go get it." Ma Feihu, the guard of Nanyun City, clapped his hands, turned around and ran down the tower.

"What does the Imperial Master need a bow and arrow for?" the eldest prince asked in confusion.

Li Ye looked at him and smiled: "I am new to the battlefield and would like to test my strength!"

As he spoke, Ma Feihu ran over with a bow and arrow. "How about you try this, Imperial Master?"

Li Ye took it and looked at it, he couldn't help but was stunned, frowned and asked: "Do all the soldiers in southern Xinjiang use boxwood bows like this?"

The eldest prince was stunned and asked in confusion: "The soldiers from the five regions are all equipped with bows and arrows like this. Is there anything wrong with it, Imperial Master?"

Li Ye glanced at the three of them and said nothing. He silently raised his wooden bow and aimed at the open space on the other side of the moat. He put an arrow in his right hand, and with a "buzz" sound, the bamboo arrow flew away from the string to the other side.

"The Imperial Master is good at archery and has great strength. The distance is probably over a hundred feet!" Ma Feihu clapped his hands and shouted.

The trench-digging soldiers below the city looked at the people on the city tower, saluted one after another, and shouted: "With great strength, I'm afraid we won't be able to shoot very far!"

The eldest prince also nodded and said with a smile: "The Imperial Master is really powerful, he should be regarded as a young hero!"

Li Ye returned the boxwood bow in his hand to Ma Feihu, took out his black sword box, opened it and silently began to assemble the iron bow.

Shao Qing, with the iron bow in his hand, Li Ye calmed down, raised the iron bow to two-thirds of the way, placed the bamboo arrow in his right hand, aimed in the direction of the previous shot, and took a deep breath.

....

"Buzz" your finger loosened, the string rang and the arrow flew away. With a "swish" sound, the bamboo arrow flew over the bamboo arrow that had been shot in the snow in an instant, and flew further away...

"This...is probably one hundred and eighty feet long?" Ma Feihu opened his eyes wide, looking for the bamboo arrow shot by Li Ye.

The soldiers who were already at the foot of the city shouted at Chi: "Good fellow, this arrow is probably more than 180 feet away. If there is such a distance, why should our army not be able to win the battle?"

"The generalissimo is mighty, the city lord is mighty!" some soldiers roared.

The eldest prince looked at the soldiers below the city, waved his hand, looked back at Ma Feihu, Yang Kaiyi and Li Ye, and frowned deeply.

Li Ye quietly dismantled the iron bow, put it back into the sword box, and took back the space ring.

Looking at the three people in a daze, they said calmly: "When the war starts next spring, our soldiers will use bows and arrows like this!"

The eldest prince looked at Li Ye, nodded sternly, and said: "Everything will be subject to the arrangements of the Imperial Master!"

Yang Kaiyi and Ma Feihu, who had come back to their senses, also said together: "We are willing to listen to the instructions of the Imperial Master!"

Li Ye waved his hand and replied: "I heard Master Zhuge Ming introduce the situation in southern Xinjiang in Kaifeng City. If our soldiers and soldiers can't shoot as far as the grassland tribes with their bows and arrows, how can we continue this war?

"

The three eldest princes nodded in agreement and remained silent.

Li Ye looked down at the cracked moat under the city wall and said quietly: "Before the snow melts in the spring, a ditch will be led from the Wei River in the north of the city. No matter what, it must be filled with water before the battle. The grasslands are not good at water. This

This is our advantage.”

Before the eldest prince and others could reply, Li Ye continued: "After the moat is completed, all the soldiers will rest for five days, and then dig trenches in a row, with each soldier digging for one day and resting for one day until the Wei River is led to the south gate."

"We have this intention and don't want to coincide with the Imperial Master." The eldest prince laughed.

"What other clever ideas does the Imperial Master have?" Yang Kaiyi said with a smile.

Li Ye looked outside Nanyun City in the direction of the three towns of Xiaguan, pondered for a moment, and said in a solemn voice: "Dig deep trenches, accumulate grain extensively, forge weapons, train troops, and wait for the arrival of spring next year!"

The three eldest princes were all shocked and were stunned for a long time before high-fiving and cheering: "What a good idea, what a good strategy!"

Li Ye withdrew his gaze, looked at the three of them, shook his head and said bitterly: "We have few soldiers and poor weapons. I don't think of any other way, just sit here and wait for them to come and kill!"

Upon hearing this, Ma Feihu nodded solemnly and said: "Although our soldiers are not afraid of death, we are all parents and sisters. It is every soldier's dream to be able to reduce casualties and win the war!"

Li Ye looked at the solemn expressions of the three people and couldn't help but grinned, clapped his hands and said: "Then let's work together to turn this dream into reality and prove that the soldiers and horses of the grassland tribes can go back to their own places!

"

The eldest prince nodded and shouted with all his strength: "Work together to create your dream!"

Yang Kaiyi and Ma Feihu shouted: "Work together to create your dream!"

Li Ye smiled, pointed into the distance and said, "Look, it's not that difficult if you have determination and direction."

Hearing this, the three eldest princes laughed in unison.

The soldiers under the city wall listened to the laughter on the city tower. Although they didn't know what was going on, they also started laughing.

War can only have direction if there is hope!
Chapter completed!