The land of Yanyun.

A group of knights ran quickly through the open mountains.

Ten days ago, at the same time that Xia Pingning attacked the Royal Ancestral Temple of the Western Qin Dynasty, Yan Yun was also attacked simultaneously from both the Western Qin and Donglin sides.

Feng Wuyou already had a high regard for Xia Pingning, but he still underestimated her and Feng Yulou's influence.

When Xia Pingning captured Anling, she laid ambush in various places, and the remnants of Fengyu Tower, which she had endured for a long time, launched their attacks at the same time, seizing control of several cities in a row.

Guangfu City, which is closest to Yiyang, is one of them.

This city was built by Murong Yi to restrain Yanyun and Yiyang. It has a very advantageous geographical location. It can be attacked when advancing and defended when retreating. The preparations and weapons inside are also configured according to the highest standards so that they can attack Yiyang at any time.

Yang attacks.

But at this time, these things were all cheap for the people in Fengyulou.

Guangfu City, led by a general named Feng from Fengyulou, and Donglin led by Zhuo Tianning, launched a fierce attack on Yiyang and Qingyangguan at the same time.

This kind of thing has not happened before. Murong Yi and Shangguan Youlan had done the same thing before.

But that time, their main purpose was to isolate Feng Wuyou so that they could take her away smoothly.

Although there were sieges, they were mostly just for show.

But this time it was different. Both sides put on a fight to the death.

There are 20,000 Western Qin troops and 20,000 barbarian troops under Yiyang City.

Under Qingyang Pass, Zhuo Tianning gathered nearly 60,000 troops.

Yiyang has Wei Yongming in charge and is backed by Wuzhou. It has an important geographical location and also has sufficient support.

In addition, the barbarians are not good at attacking cities, so although the pressure is great, they can still sustain it.

But Qingyang Pass is different.

Qingyang Pass was originally guarded by Chen Xijiang. He had outstanding abilities and experience. Although he was young, he was a good hand.

But it's a pity that he was the one placed there by Murong Yi.

After Feng Wuyou discovered his identity, he would rather die than live an ignoble existence in order to repay his kindness.

The person on duty at Qingyang Pass now is Chen Xijiang's deputy general Fan Yu.

He had followed Chen Xijiang for several years and was considered a young and promising general, but after all, he had never held such an important position alone.

If he is given another three to five years of experience, I believe he will be able to master the test at once and be invincible.

But now, after all, it's a little short of the mark.

After holding on for twelve days, Qingyang Pass was finally unable to withstand Zhuo Tianning's attack at the risk of human life, and was defeated.

But in the end, Fan Yu was not completely confused. At the last moment, he did not order the Xiao family's army to fight to the death. Instead, he ordered the people in the city to flee. After that, he piled firewood at Qingyang Pass and pretended to fight off Zhuo Tianning's attack with all his strength.

During the break between the two armies, the entire Xiao family army retreated.

Speaking of which, this happened at least seven days ago.

After Feng Wuyou and Xiao Jinglan received Yunjiu's report, they did not stop in Liucheng for a moment. They returned to Fangzhou from the waterway as quickly as possible, and then transferred from Fangzhou to Yanyun.

Fortunately, they were traveling eastward, so the distance that originally took more than ten days to cover took only such a short time to cover with a favorable wind and full sail.

Feng Wuyou and Xiao Jinglan went to Yiyang first, and it must be said that they went very promptly.

Although the barbarians' attack was ineffective at first, after so many days of fighting, they gradually found some tricks.

In particular, there was no shortage of siege engines, trebuchets and other equipment in Guangfu City, and the barbarians had begun to make full use of these equipment, causing Yiyang a lot of trouble.

When Xiao Jinglan arrived, the barbarians were risking their lives, carrying the ladder and moving forward with all their might, almost reaching the city wall.

Fortunately, the Xiao Jiajun's morale was greatly boosted after seeing Xiao Jinglan, so they drove them down and burned several ladders.

When Wei Yongming talked about the barbarians, he just felt a headache.

These barbarians are different from the Donglin Army, Beiliang Army, and South Vietnamese Army with whom they have been dealing for many years.

They are extremely fast and powerful, and they wear a kind of armor that looks like it is made of bamboo and wood. It doesn't look like much, but its force is extremely strong. More than half of the bows and arrows fired by the soldiers of the Western Qin Dynasty often miss.

Sliding away directly is a waste of arrows.

Feng Wuyou stood at the top of the city and looked around, and saw that their armors were very light and had a tung oil-like color.

Thinking about it, this must be some kind of craftsmanship, but Feng Wuyou is really not good at this, so he doesn't know what it is, and he really can't come up with any good method.

Compared with Yiyang, Qingyang Pass is much more dangerous.

These days, news about Qingyang Pass keeps coming.

Although Fan Yu led the Xiao family's army to withdraw from Qingyang Pass, he did not rush forward with his head in his arms. Instead, he used his familiarity with the terrain inside the pass to cover the people while converging with armies from other cities, fighting and retreating at the same time.

Even in the past few days, they had won several small battles and killed many people in Donglin.

After all, Yanyun is their home field, and the Donglin people will suffer a lot from the terrain.

But these things could not turn the tide of the war.

The Donglin Army is still advancing, and the Xiao Family Army is still retreating, and has even entered the pass for dozens of miles.

There is no fortified city behind Qingyang Pass, only some small villages and settlements. At most, these places are just earth fences to surround the villages, and it is impossible to form an effective defense and blockade.

Every time this happens, Yan Yun's poverty is exposed.

Previously, Yanyun was a fiefdom of King Qin, and the emperor did not want King Qin to become powerful, so he gave very little support to Yanyun, and it was impossible for Yanyun to easily build a city.

After Xiao Jinglan took over, although they were gradually making arrangements, they had too little time and lacked manpower and funds. Even if they wanted to build, they could not build it so fast. Murong Yi and Guangfu could build it in a flash.

Compared with a big city, it seems even more shabby.

Now, with the Qingyang Pass broken, Yan Yun's passivity is even more obvious.

They had almost no choice but to retreat all the way to a place with a big city.

Xiao Jinglan really wanted to go to Qingyang Pass in person, but he couldn't take it lightly here in Yiyang either.

With his expression almost turning black, Feng Wuyou comforted him a little, and assured that nothing would happen to him, before setting off with Nie Zheng Qianxin Qianyue and his entourage.

This is Yanyun, where information is much more convenient. They rushed to Qingyang Pass, and someone kept reporting the location of Fan Yu and others along the way.

After Feng Wuyou drove for three days, smoke and dust rose far away from the side, which was obviously the arrival of a large group of people.

Seeing this, Feng Wuyou reined in his horse and waited for them.

"Your Majesty..." There were about thirty or forty knights. The leader shouted from a distance, and when he was still seven or eight steps away from Feng Wuyou, he rolled off his saddle and dismounted.

"Your Majesty... Yulong has met your Majesty."

Not seeing each other for a long time, Yulong was filled with excitement.

They claimed to be Princess Qin's private army, but as a result, they spent too little time with Feng Wuyou.

This time, the emperor personally ordered them to come and accompany him, so naturally she was too happy to do so.

"My subordinate has met your empress."

Jin Wu also dismounted and saluted in front of Feng Wuyou.

"Get up."

Feng Wuyou was a little surprised at first, but soon figured out whose handiwork it was.

Besides Xiao Jinglan, who else would know her whereabouts so well.

"Your Majesty..." Yulong stepped forward: "Your Majesty, are you going to Langkou Valley?"

Feng Wuyou nodded slightly. She had received news not long ago that Fan Yu had led people to Langkou Valley, and she was going to find Fan Yu.

"Then there's no need to go, Madam."

Yulong immediately said: "My subordinates have just received news that the Donglin Army sent people to block the road leading to Langkou Valley. General Fan had no choice but to lead his people in the direction of Qingping Plain."

Information about Langkou Valley and Qingping Plain immediately came to Feng Wuyou's mind.

Langkou Valley is mountainous and is the junction of two states.

Fan Yu retreated over there. There was a mountainous area where he could easily maneuver and hide. He could also contact reinforcements in advance and fight a beautiful ambush there.

On the contrary, Qingpingyuan is an endless grassland. Except for a waterway in the middle that irrigates both sides of the bank and forms rich water plants, there is no cover for at least forty to fifty miles. Only at the end are there some woods.

Zhuo Tianning sent people to block the complex terrain of Langkou Valley, but forced the Xiao family army to the Qingping Plain where it was easier to pursue. This shows that he is by no means a fool.

The reason why he failed so miserably in the past few times was because the person he met happened to be Feng Wuyou.

If anyone despises Zhuo Tianning because of his previous defeats, he will definitely suffer.

Fan Yu actually had some reasons for this this time.

He saw that Zhuo Tianning suffered a heavy defeat at the hands of Feng Wuyou last time. Although he saw him leading an army of 70,000 to attack the city, he didn't take it too seriously at first.

As a result, Zhuo Tianning found a flaw and beat him until he had to give up.

"How long will it take for them to reach Qingpingyuan?"

Feng Wuyou asked immediately.
To be continued...