After ten days of trekking, we arrived at the eastern suburbs of Beijing on the afternoon of June 3, 2104.
No decent resistance was encountered along the way.
In Zhang Yi's opinion, even if Du Lin ran desperately, he could only escape back to the capital three to five days in advance. In such a short period of time, they could not accomplish anything big.
The most that can be done is to mobilize the troops near the capital to strengthen the defense line.
But it's of no use.
There is a bigger surprise waiting for Zhang Yi.
He heard the roar of cannons coming from the southwest suburbs of the capital.
"So, Xiaolong has led the new army to attack!" Zhang Yi high-fived.
"That's it, brother Yi, when Xiaolong sent Meteor Horse to notify me to go south, he led the army from Mopan City and set off." As'er said with a smile.
The road from Mopan City to the capital was long, and the Xiaolong Legion had to walk for more than ten days and had to fight all the way. Therefore, they should have just arrived in the capital.
Both sides coincided with each other and maintained a high degree of consistency in their actions.
"Niu rushes, stone dares to stand!"
"Here, step brother!"
"The two of you will lead the Iron Army, bypass the capital, and find a way to get in touch with Xiaolong."
"Yes, step brother!"
Niu Ben and Shi Gandang happily accepted the mission and led the Mopan City Iron Army towards the southwest suburbs of the capital.
"General Aser!"
"Here, step brother!"
"You lead the cavalry of your headquarters to control the northern line of the capital and defend it to the death. No one can escape."
"Yes, step brother!"
Asr led 20,000 prairie cavalry and roared away.
"General Vajim, General Li Changzhi!"
"Here, step brother!"
"You two will lead your troops to stay on the spot. There is no need to launch an attack. I will join the new army and attack the capital from the southwest."
"Yes, step brother!"
After the arrangements were made, Zhang Yi led the remaining troops and headed southwest.
One mile away from the city wall, the soldiers guarding the city looked eagerly at this large army. They wanted to shoot arrows but could not hit them, but they did not dare to go out of the city to fight. It was really uncomfortable.
Halfway through, Xiao Han took out a few fireworks and sent a signal to Xiaolong.
Not long after, Xiaolong responded, and fireworks rose into the sky in the southwest, like blooming flowers.
Zhang Yi, Xiao Liu and others clapped their hands and laughed.
…
Niu Ben and Shi Gan acted as two tiger generals, leading the Iron Army to sweep through several outlying strongholds, as well as the opponent's rangers, and easily broke out of the way.
From a distance, I saw a group of cavalry galloping towards me, led by Xiaolong!
The brothers were extremely happy to meet each other. They were so excited that they could not speak. They hugged each other on horseback.
"Is everything okay?" Xiaolong asked quickly.
"Great, it couldn't be better, Brother Xiaolong!" Shi Gandang shouted.
Just two sentences contained a thousand words. Xiaolong's heart was completely relieved, and a bright smile appeared on his face.
"Stop talking, let's go see my brother and sister-in-law quickly!" Niu Ben said impatiently.
The three of them turned their horses and ran away.
When the Mopan City Iron Army saw it, they quickly turned around and ran back. Seeing Xiaolong meant that the road had been opened.
After running for a few miles, I saw a mighty army rushing towards me.
Zhang Yiwu's black BMW is absolutely stunning, and Xiao Liu's golden BMW is flying yellow, walking side by side, looking particularly dazzling.
Surrounding the two men were numerous generals and countless flags, which dazzled everyone.
Xiaolong's eyes suddenly became moist.
"Brother Xiao Long, when we set off on the expedition, our army numbered 50,000. After conquering the Korean Peninsula, our army reached 250,000!" Shi Gandang said proudly.
"How could this happen?" Xiaolong asked in surprise.
"We have added Korean legions and legions from Greater China, haha, most of them have joined us!" Niu Ben laughed loudly.
"Haha!" Xiaolong was so happy that he didn't know what to say. He laughed loudly, slapped his horse and ran towards Zhang Yi and Xiaoliu.
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"Wow, the white horse Xiaolong is here!" Xiao Liu stood on the horse excitedly, pointing forward and shouting.
He saw it, Zhang Yi saw it, Brother Xiaolong rode a snow-white horse and rushed towards them like lightning. They were so fast that they left Niu Ben and Shi Gandang far behind.
Zhang Yi was overjoyed.
He couldn't wait to ride his horse and ran towards Xiaolong.
The black horse and the white horse couldn't stop, they passed by each other, and then all turned their heads.
The two jumped off the horse in unison, and the brothers hugged each other tightly.
Tears burst out from Xiaolong's eyes.
Zhang Yi went on an expedition alone and received no news. Xiaolong spent every day in suffering.
But he worked hard to complete his mission, stabilize the order of the kingdom, speed up the production of warships and new weapons, and rushed to Mopan City early to train the new army.
Through the clues obtained through the intelligence network, he concluded that Yi Ge's expedition was successful, but Greater China had different intentions.
From Greater China's emergency mobilization and military expansion, as well as large-scale recruitment of supplies and other measures, Xiaolong concluded that the two sides were bound to meet in war.
Therefore, he resolutely led the new army to dispatch and informed General Asr to fight to the Yalu River.
To be honest, it was a huge adventure.
Before making such an important decision, Xiaolong couldn't sleep all night.
If he makes a wrong judgment, then he is the criminal who provoked a war between the two countries.
But Xiaolong made up his mind. He would rather make a mistake himself than make a mistake and let Yi Ge and others be besieged by Greater China's superior forces.
Turns out, he got it right!
At this moment, Zhang Yi's heart was racing. He didn't know what to say, so he slapped brother Xiaolong on the back hard.
Of course he knew how difficult it was for Xiaolong to make this decision. Without great courage and wise judgment, it would be difficult to make such a decision.
Zhang Yi's eyes were moist, tears welling up in his eyes.
Seeing this touching scene, Xiao Liu couldn't help crying, her clothes and armor were wet with tears.
Everyone stood around silently, all feeling sad.
"Ah, why are we crying? We shouldn't be happy?"
Niu Ben wiped his tears and shouted.
This shout reminded Xiao Liu, she wiped away her tears with a cloth and laughed.
"Daniu, we are not crying, we are happy to see each other again after a long separation, and we are brothers who are of one heart and one mind!"
"Yes, yes."
Everyone nodded and smiled.
"You made a good decision, Xiaolong, just as we had discussed in advance!"
At this time, Zhang Yi finally calmed down and said what he had wanted to say.
"You've made a better decision, brother, you finally decided to face reality and unify China!"
Xiaolong said with great joy.
Zhang Yi nodded. He originally did not intend to unify China by force, but he had to face the harsh reality and make the right decision.
It was almost dusk, not suitable for attacking the city.
When the brothers met each other today, they were all extremely happy and had no thoughts of fighting.
Both sides have much to say.
And the fruits of victory are already within easy reach...