Tu Zhi carried the hides and prey back to the wooden house in the mountain. A woman was holding a baby and breastfeeding, humming a little tune in her mouth, and her eyes were full of doting.
"You're back. How was the sales today?"
Tuzhi put down his things and sat next to the woman, looking at the baby with a serious face.
"What's wrong?"
Tu Zhi said slowly: "Cui'er, I want to go to Yanmen Pass to find Long Chengen."
Cui'er was stunned, slowly pulled up her clothes, and while coaxing the child, she said, "Don't you want to go?"
Tuzhi said slowly: "I originally wanted to keep you and my child in the mountains for the rest of my life, but... I don't want my child to be like me, just a hunter."
"I want him to be a prince, and I want you to be a family member, respected by everyone."
Cui'er said: "You know I don't care."
Tu Zhi hugged Cui'er and said: "I know you don't care, but I want to give it to you, I want you to live a good life, no longer just a hunter's wife, I want my son to become a king, not the same as me
Orion."
Cui Er feels a little confused. What is the Yan family and what is the prince?
She has been in the mountains since she was a child and doesn't understand the outside world. The farthest place she has ever been is a market town.
"No matter what you do, I will support you."
Ever since she knew that Tu Zhi was a prince, Cui Er knew that sooner or later such a day would come.
She will not object to Tu Zhi regaining the throne, but she is worried that when the time comes...
"I'm going to find Barbarian."
Tuzhi went out and climbed over the mountain to the wooden house of Manzi and Liu Qingqing.
Liu Qingqing saw Tu Zhi approaching and shouted enthusiastically: "Langzi, I've finished Sister Cui'er's clothes."
Liu Qingqing prepared a set of baby clothes for Cui Er and had just finished sewing them.
"Thank you, is Manzi here?"
Tu Zhi arrived at the wooden house with a smile, and Manzi walked out of it.
"prince."
Barbarian is still more accustomed to calling him prince.
In the past, the Tu branch would say don't call him a prince, just call him a wolf.
But this time, Tuzhi didn't object and took Manzi into the wooden house to sit down.
Sitting next to the bonfire, Tu Zhi was silent for a while and then said: "Barbarian, I decided to go to Yanmen Pass and cooperate with Long Chengen to regain the throne!"
Manzi was stunned and asked: "Didn't the prince want to accompany Sister Cui'er? Why did he suddenly change his mind?"
Tuzhi said: "I don't want my son to be an Orion, and I don't want Cui'er to live in the mountains all his life. I want my son to become a prince and Cui'er to become the Yan family."
"Don't you want Qingqing to live a good life?"
Barbarian also fell silent.
The incident in the capital gave him a great shock. The evil young man beat Liu Laohei to death, almost sold Liu Qingqing to a brothel to pick up clients, and he was almost beaten to death.
If I hadn't met Long Chen, I'm afraid now...
"I will go with you!"
Manzi said decisively.
Tu Zhi was a little surprised. When he came, he had been thinking about how to persuade Manzi, but he didn't expect Manzi to agree so readily.
"Okay, we'll set off early tomorrow morning."
Tuzhi stood up and Manzi sent him out, finding Liu Qingqing standing at the door.
"Sister Qing, I..."
"It's okay, you can go."
Manzi wanted to explain, but Liu Qingqing said nothing.
Tuzhi stopped for a moment, then quickly climbed the mountain and went home.
Early the next morning, Tu Zhi arrived at the wooden house with a bow, arrows and hunting knife. Manzi also prepared weapons, as well as the two war horses given by Long Chen.
"Sister Qing, when I come back, I will make you a noble. No one will dare to hurt you again."
Barbarian said it somewhat arrogantly.
But Liu Qingqing shed tears and said: "I must come back!"
Tuzhi said: "Sister Qing, please take care of Cui'er for me. I will definitely bring Manzi back."
"When we come back, I will be the Shanyu of the grassland, and the barbarian will also become the wise king of the grassland."
Liu Qingqing nodded with tears in her eyes.
Tuzhi and Manzi rode their war horses out of the mountain and headed for Yanmen Pass.
....
Yanmen Pass.
A group of waiting riders entered the city gate from the north.
Long Chen came out of the room and arrived at the Commander's Mansion. Emperor Lingyi had already arrived.
Zhang Man, Zhang Qian, Dugu Jiali and the other generals have all arrived.
"Houqi is back. The barbarian army is south of Wuli Mountain. Yeluhong is gathering the soldiers and horses of the wise kings on the left and right, estimated to be about 300,000, to prepare to go south to retaliate against us."
Emperor Lingyi told the news that Hou Qi had been brought back.
Long Chen nodded and said: "It will take some time to gather 300,000 troops. We can make further preparations. The soldiers and horses from Jade Buddha Pass should also arrive."
It was almost time to send the message back from Yanmen Pass, wait for Wu Jian to draw out his cavalry, and then rush to Yanmen Pass.
"Three hundred thousand troops were dispatched at the same time, and Yeluhong had a revenge mentality. I'm afraid this battle will not be easy to fight."
Zhang Man was a little worried.
"Any battle with the barbarians is not a bitter battle, so what are you afraid of?"
In fact, Di Lingyi was also beating the drum in her heart. She only had 30,000 soldiers and horses available.
Although there was Long Chen this time, the difference in strength was too great. Even if reinforcements arrived, they would barely reach 100,000.
In the battle of Jade Buddha Pass last year, Long Chen seemed to win with less, but in fact he adopted a strategy of disintegration. In the end, the balance of forces was almost the same.
The barbarians are different from the Central Plains people and cannot implement the strategy of differentiation.
"The princess has 30,000 cavalry available. With another 20,000 from Jade Buddha Pass, we will have 80,000 cavalry, plus 20,000 infantry. One hundred thousand soldiers and horses will face the 300,000 barbarians. We will not suffer any loss."
All barbarian men can become warriors, but many of these men usually herd horses and ride horses, and improvise together during war.
The 100,000-strong army of the Great Zhou Dynasty was different. They were professional warriors who had undergone specialized training.
With Yanmenguan City and fortifications, this battle can be won!
Zhang Qian and the others were very calm. They had fought many headwind battles with Long Chen and won every time.
"Don't worry, General Zhang. General Long is best at fighting against headwinds."
Bai Tingting comforted Zhang Man.
Outside the door, Han Ziping walked in and said, "Sir, the reinforcements from Jade Buddha Pass have arrived."
Long Chen immediately went outside and saw Ye Chang.
"See you, General. I haven't seen you for a long time. My brothers miss you very much."
Ye Chang was very happy.
Long Chen smiled and said: "Yes, thank you for your hard work in guarding the border."
Ye Chang smiled and said: "We are okay. Your Excellency built Xifeng City. There is everything there, so it's not hard work."
There is a caravan from the Tianxiahui in Xifeng City. There is a lot of business travel and all kinds of things are available, so it is not too hard.
Gongsun Linglong followed him out, and saw only Ye Chang alone, and asked: "Where are your reinforcements? Are you the only one?"
Ye Chang didn't know Gongsun Linglong, but her size surprised him.
"Reinforcements are stationed ten miles southwest. I brought 20,000 heavy cavalry and 10,000 brothers from the crossbow camp."
This is what Long Chen means. Yanmen Pass should remain as it is now, so that the barbarians think that Yanmen Pass is weak and can take advantage of it.
Dugu Jiali said worriedly: "Didn't you say that we would allocate 20,000 yuan? Why are there 30,000 yuan? Can Old Wu withstand it?"
Ye Chang said: "General Wu heard that Jing Tianlie was killed and the Red Flame Army was pacified. He said that Xixia would not dare to act rashly, so he sent an additional 10,000 crossbow battalion."
Wu Jian heard the battle report at Yanmen Pass and immediately sent 10,000 additional reinforcements.
"Have all the heavy cavalry's harness been changed?"
Long Chen sent some high bridge saddles to Jade Buddha Pass.
"I put it on, and it's better than the previous saddle. My brothers all said that the general is really smart."
Just as Ye Chang finished speaking, Gongsun Linglong jumped out to grab the credit: "It has nothing to do with him. All your weapons were made by me, as were the bed crossbow and the divine arm bow."
Ye Chang asked in surprise: "This general is..."
"My name is Gongsun Linglong, the master of Linglong Pavilion."
Ye Chang suddenly said: "It turns out to be General Gongsun, disrespectful and disrespectful."
Linglong Pavilion sounds very delicate, but I didn't expect Gongsun Linglong to be so...
"You and Zhang Qian go out to the city to lead the troops. You are familiar with the crossbow camp."
Dugu Jiali and Zhang Qian were leaving the city immediately, with Ye Chang leading the way.
"110,000 versus 300,000. If we can win this battle, we will wait for Yeluhong to die."
Long Chen looked to the north and said.
Emperor Lingyi and Yanmen Pass guard general are not optimistic. They feel that there is too much difference in military strength, and I am afraid...
