The autumn wind whistles, and the ground is golden.

On the Hetao grassland, the weeds undulate with the wind. From time to time, a wolf howl came from the wind, which startled the animals hidden in the grass and fled in scattered.

In the clear sky and white clouds, an eagle swept through the sky, hovering in the sky more than ten miles away, and a shocking warning.

Da da da da da!

A low and powerful sound of horse hooves came from the south of the grassland, and the sound became clearer and clearer. More than ten cavalry galloped straight towards the direction of the eagle's storm.

"My lord is walking slowly, it's time for me to go back!"

While riding on the horse, Li Zhi rode the four hooves of the Hualiu horse, chasing Li Li who was running in the front and shouted anxiously.

"roar---!"

This is the iconic beast king roar of the Golden Beast King. A loud roar means that this grassland will be its territory.

Li Li, who slowly slowed down his running speed, turned his head unconsciously and said to Li Zhi, "Why should I stop?"

Li Zhi rode his horse to catch up with Li Li, then took a breath and said, "The eagle sang to warn. It seems that we have entered the sphere of influence of a certain tribe. If we go further, we may encounter robbery and killing by barbarian cavalry. However, the loud roar of the golden beast shocked all directions. It is too late to say anything now. I believe the barbarian tribe in front has noticed it and will come later."

"Well, I forgot that there are still some sporadic tribes left here." Li Li nodded and then shook his head and said, "But it doesn't matter. Our army is camping a hundred miles away from the east. I guess this tribe will not be too big, otherwise they would have escaped after hearing the news."

"Well, what the lord said is very true." Li Zhi nodded slightly. There was helpless expression in his eyes. He was not worried that someone would assassinate, because the barbarian tribes with more than a thousand people within a radius of two hundred miles were wiped out by Zhou Yu's army. Therefore, even if there were only a hundred fish that had missed the net, they were not enough to pose a threat to Li Li's safety.

Now is the tenth day after rewarding the army.

Five days ago, the 20,000 troops supported by Beidi County arrived at the front camp, and then Zhou Yu reorganized his troops and led 50,000 infantry and cavalry to fight. Tens of thousands of prisoners of war and captured military supplies were fully received by the county government troops led by Li Xian, and then transported back to Beidi County. According to the scheduled plan, all the wars that recovered the lost land in Hetao were fully handed over to Zhou Yu to take charge. Li Li remained in the camp and was about to set off for a few days before he rested.

Therefore, the guards left by Li Li are still the 5,000 battle cavalry led by Li Zhi. They are stationed a hundred miles away from the east. Dian Wuxia is with Ma Yunluo, for fear that she will make a mistake. Because Ma Yunluo is pregnant, and not the one she has recently been pregnant. But she is two months pregnant, and has only gradually shown it recently. Ma Yunluo, who was pregnant for the first time, can hardly smell any meat and vomit very much, so she eats some light food and is very weak. Ten days ago, Li Li has been with Ma Yunluo, never leaving the camp. This morning, he was quiet and moved, and took Li Zhi and more than a dozen personal soldiers out of the camp to hunt. In fact, hunting is fake, and the horse prairie is real.

At this moment, seeing Li Zhi's face showed a sad look. Li Li smiled and said, "It's not a fear if he meets a small tribe. What can some thieves do to me? It's been a long time since I rode a horse on the grassland. I ran for dozens of miles in one breath and felt very comfortable and comfortable! I remember the last time I rode a horse on the grassland was in autumn for two years. At that time, our army pacified the two states of Xiliang. I and Wuxia, Yunluo went to the Xiushu Horse Farm, and on the Xiushu Grassland, he was full of horses and galloped across the Xiushu Grassland, which was fascinating!"

Li Zhi has been with Li Li for many years, knowing his lord's preferences. He has been staying in the camp for the past two months, but he is a little frustrated. Today he goes out to hunt and is actually relaxing. After all, there are too many things that squeeze Li Li's mind, and he always thinks about the situation in the world and the future prospects of the Western Liang army. In addition, the recent detailed investigations from various states in the Central Plains have been spread to Li Li. It seems that the situation in Sili is becoming increasingly unfavorable, and a big battle is imminent. It is precisely because of this that Li Li handed over the full power of the Northern Expedition Army to Zhou Yu, and he pulled out and prepared to return to Chang'an to preside over the overall situation.

Hearing Li Li's sigh at this moment, Li Zhi knew that what the lord was sighing was not the grassland scenery, but the Xiliang Army had not expanded its territory again in the past two years, and it was still the three states two years ago.

At this thought, Li Zhi said softly: "Although our army has not expanded much territory in the past two years, it has wiped out the surrounding barbarians and advanced hundreds of miles to the borders of the two prefectures of Yongliang. If it is added together, it will definitely not be less than the territory of four counties. In the past two years, the prefectures and counties in Xiliang have vigorously developed farming so that the people can be self-sufficient. Although they dare not say that they have enough food and clothing, the general people have surplus food at home, which was unimaginable two years ago. In addition, our army originally had only more than 300,000 troops, and the army was

The weapons are uneven, but now they are different. The army has increased to more than 400,000, and the armies are fully equipped. Many battle camps have replaced new weapons, and their combat power is even better than before. The most important thing is that the population in the three prefectures of Xiliang is growing rapidly, with more than one million people in two years. Now the population under our rule in Xiliang has exceeded four million. After General Zhou Yu pacified Hetao, he will increase his population by hundreds of thousands, and his territory will expand a lot. The entire barbarian territory is equivalent to that of the Sili Prefecture."

"Hahaha! Liao is better than nothing." Li Li smiled indifferently and pondered: "Population is the most important thing in troubled times. As long as there are people, the territory will be available sooner or later. There are more vast lands outside the territory of the Southern Xiongnu, but the terrain there is a lot of mountains, deserts and swamps, and the climate is cold and harsh. Unfortunately, we don't care about these territory, so we can only wait until later."

After a brief tone, Li Li changed his tone and said, "I love grasslands. I don't just appreciate the scenery of grasslands, but yearn for the broad mind of grasslands. Now the princes are competing for hegemony, and no one can win the world with their strength. Things are changing, and the situation is changing rapidly. For our men to conquer the world, it is far from enough to have force alone. They must also have a broad vision and a broad mind as broad as the grassland."

"I will remember that the lord said that the sea is wider than the land." Li Zhi interrupted.

After hearing this, Li Li laughed and said in a silence: "Zicheng has a good memory. The sea is indeed vast and boundless. Unfortunately, there is nothing on the sea, and all life is in the sea. Therefore, if someone says that a man's mind is like the sea, then there are two possibilities. One is that he is indeed elegant and generous. He has no desires and no desires, and has a broad mind. The other is that he is tolerant of any flaws and will be repaid with the whimsical thoughts, just like the sea. In fact, he looks very grand and full of thoughts in his heart, but they are hidden under the surface, which makes people unable to figure it out."

"The lord seems to have something else to say. Are you worried about the Sili situation?" Obedient. Li Li's words seemed to be far-reaching, but Li Zhi seemed to have some understanding and asked softly immediately.

"Well." Li Li nodded slightly and praised: "Others think that Zicheng is stupid, but in fact you are a wise man. Now the situation in the Central Plains is in chaos, like the turbulent sea, but these are all appearances. In fact, as soon as our army vowed to fight, the situation in the Central Plains had been strangely calmed down. The princes frequently mobilized their troops. It seemed that they were going to fight again. In fact, these soldiers were all coming to me, Li Li, with the intention of jointly sending troops to capture Sili and weakening the strength of our Xiliang Army.

If Yu Fuluo provoked the barbarians to jointly attack Liangzhou, it was only an appetizer. Then the alliance of princes that our army had to face next was a real feast. In fact, Yu Fuluo was just a fool who was used by some princes, a chess piece. His purpose was to disrupt our army's position and to lure me to mobilize the army to fight the northern expedition. Then, taking advantage of the empty army's forces, he sent troops to Sili to use this to use this to thunder the Western Liang army. It made us suffer from the enemy from both sides and difficult to take care of the beginning and end. Unfortunately, the coalition was a coalition, and the princes in each town had their own ulterior motives and wanted others to take action first. Therefore, he delayed for more than a month and missed the opportunity in vain. He still had no formal alliance until now."

Li Zhi's expression changed when he heard this and said in surprise: "Since that's the case, our army can take the lead in sending troops and defeating them one by one!"

"You can't take the initiative!" Li Liya vetoed and said in a deep voice: "It sounds good to take the initiative, but in fact it is full of flaws. It is easy to leave an opportunity for the opponent to take advantage of and then suffer major losses. Our Xiliang army was the leader of the princes in the world two years ago, and now our army is stronger than the past and has a strong strength. However, facing the attack of the princes in various towns, we can only retract our fists and wait until the princes allied forces take action, and then attack hard. In this way, we have some chance of winning. If we take the lead, even if one or two princes can be destroyed, we will be besieged by other princes, and we will inevitably suffer losses."

Speaking of this, Li Li shook his head and sighed: "In fact, the most important thing is that the land of Sili is nominally under the rule of Xiliang. In fact, most counties are under the control of the aristocratic families. At present, our army controls the counties and cities, while the aristocratic families control more than half of the money and grain in Sili. Therefore, they pay a lot of the taxes they should pay, and they do not conflict with the garrison head-on, which leads to the two generals Teng Xiao and Xu Rong who want to take action many times, but they have no convincing excuses. In this way, for the sake of overall stability, I have never been able to withstand these aristocratic families for two years and have not attacked these aristocratic families. Unexpectedly, the princes of the Central Plains could not resist the joint attack on me, which created a great opportunity for the Sili family to get rid of our Xiliang rule. I believe they will make good use of the opportunity, and conspiracies will be used to weaken our army's strength.

However, whether their calculations can succeed depends on how capable these ulterior motives are. I hope they don’t want me to be disappointed, otherwise I will be in vain in the past two years!”

After hearing this, Li Zhi nodded subconsciously, then thought to himself secretly, and accidentally caught a glimpse of a snow-white horse suddenly running from the valley to Li Li's left.

"King, be careful!"

Suddenly, Li Zhi burst into screams, and instinctively raised his arms and prepared to throw the chain to kill the sudden white horse. However, Li Li reached out and held it down, "Zicheng, don't panic, I have been observing this white horse for a long time. A very good wild horse, with a body length of more than a foot, a shoulder height of more than nine feet, and a spiral of scales on the abdomen. This is a rare good horse, which is comparable to the black fat horse under Zhou Yu's crotch. Zicheng took his personal soldiers back the same way, and when I subdue the horse, he will return to the camp."

"This, the last general cannot obey the order!" Li Zhi was very anxious and rejected Li Li's order for the first time.

Li Li was slightly stunned when he heard this, his sword eyebrows moved slightly, and he said sternly: "It's just a wild horse, can't I still surrender it? Don't say too much and execute the order immediately!"

"Don't be angry, and the last general will take the order." Seeing Li Li slightly angry, Li Zhi stopped insisting, and immediately waved his hand and retreated with his personal soldiers.

Seeing Li Zhi and his party leave, Li Li knew that he was worried about his safety, but this worry was indeed a bit too much now. Now most of the Huns grasslands are under the iron cavalry of the Han army. Maybe in half a month, they will be able to capture the entire Huns and occupy the four counties in the northwest of Bingzhou. Therefore, there is no need to worry about Li Li's current safety, not to mention that he is not a man of Meng Lang, and he still cherishes his life at heart, but it is just unknown.

At the moment, Li Li was indeed a little happy to see the hunt and wanted to use it to loosen his muscles and bones. After all, the days of staying in the camp for more than a month really made him feel bad. In the past, he had never led the troops personally to fight and led the army. However, he had to sit in the back for more than a month, which really made him uncomfortable. However, this experience must be overcome and he must be used to it in the future, because he was the commander of the Western Liang army, and the days of leading the army were getting farther and farther away from him, otherwise he would not be a competent commander.

—————————————— (To be continued)
Chapter completed!