In the blink of an eye, five days passed.

Xia Yun's army, which rode at full speed from the capital, finally arrived in Gansu.

Of course, most of the hundreds of thousands of troops under Xia Yun are still on their way to Gansu.

The troops that appeared with Xia Yun in Shuodong City, Gansu, totaled about 150,000 people.

Among them, 100,000 troops were Xia Yun's most elite cavalry, and the other 50,000 were elite infantry that Xia Yun continuously transported back and forth in chariots.

These 50,000 troops are equipped with the most advanced automatic rifles. It is no exaggeration to say that if they do not consider their own casualties.

These 50,000 elite troops alone are enough for Xia Yun to fight all the way to the Dune Kingdom.

"Marshal, someone has been sent to inform the magistrate of Shuodong City. They are on their way to bring people to greet you."

Outside Shuodong City, Chong Heihu and his men emerged from the city and rushed back to Xia Yun and said.

It was because Xia Yun did not lead the entire army to move in immediately.

The situation in Gansu is very complicated. In order to avoid causing a series of unnecessary misunderstandings, especially to avoid causing resentment among local residents, he still needs to consider some things carefully.

"Where is Xiang Wentian now?"

Xia Yun nodded and asked.

"Marshal, according to the latest news sent to the general from the rear last night, the remaining nearly 300,000 troops are already in Shanxi and are expected to arrive in Gansu in five days."

The accompanying herald immediately responded.

"Tell Xiang Wentian that the army should not delay on the road and should rush to Shuoxi as quickly as possible. I will be waiting for him in Shuoxi!"

Xia Yun immediately gave the order.

Currently, there are only 100,000 defenders led by Chen Jingzhong in Shuoxi City. After so many days of bloody battles, according to Xia Yun's estimation, more than one-third of the defenders in Shuoxi City may have been lost.

At this moment, a large group of people came out of Shuodong City, led by a middle-aged man wearing poor quality armor.

"Zhao Wuji, the magistrate of Shuodong City, pays respect to the Grand Marshal!"

Under the guidance of Chong Heihu, the middle-aged man quickly ran to Xia Yun and knelt on one knee.

Upon hearing this, Xia Yun first took a look at the middle-aged man's attire, and then looked at the large group of people the middle-aged man brought with him.

Although these people looked different, they all had one thing in common: they were all wearing tattered armor.

"Zhao County Magistrate, please get up."

Xia Yun didn't understand what was going on, so he waved his hand and signaled Zhao Wuji to stand up.

"Thank you, Marshal!"

Zhao Wuji stood up immediately with an expression of great respect on his face.

"I have been busy with official duties these days and did not know that you were coming. Please forgive me."

Zhao Wuji continued to speak immediately.

"It doesn't matter."

Xia Yun nodded and didn't take the matter to heart at all.

He left Beijing suddenly, and coupled with his rapid march, almost all the government officials along the way were unaware of this.

"Zhao County Magistrate, what's going on?"

At this time, Qin Tianye, who was standing by, cast a puzzled look at Zhao Wuji and the people behind him.

He also noticed that almost all of these people were wearing tattered armor.

When Zhao Wuji heard this, an expression of embarrassment and shame appeared on his face.

"To be honest with you, Marshal and the other generals, Shuodong is poor. Barbarians have been harassing us almost every two or three days. I have no choice but to find these adult armors from the warehouse to fight against the barbarian troops."

Zhao Wuji responded.

But as soon as these words were spoken, Xia Yun and others showed a hint of surprise in their eyes.

I never thought that Zhao Wuji would be so courageous.

You have to know that on their way from the capital to Gansu, they encountered many towns that had been invaded by barbarian troops.

However, the response measures of most county magistrates can be described as a complete mess.

Some of them were so afraid of death that they ran away with their families and valuables even before the small barbarian troops arrived.

Like Zhao Wuji, he not only did not run away, but also organized a resistance team of hundreds of people in the city. This was the only one Xia Yun had ever seen!

"You did very well."

Xia Yun first nodded towards Zhao Wuji with satisfaction, then looked at Qin Tianye standing beside him.

"Pass the order down, the army will enter the city and station there immediately. Anyone who causes trouble or disturbs the people will be punished by military law!"

……

In a short while, under the leadership of Qin Tianye, more than 100,000 troops entered Shuodong City one after another.

As for the hundreds of chariots, they were stationed outside Shuodong City under the guard of 20,000 elite infantrymen.

The reason for this is very simple.

Although Shuodong City is a medium-to-large city in central Gansu, the roads in the city are bumpy.

Not to mention allowing chariots to pass, even ordinary people would get calluses on the soles of their feet just from walking normally!

At noon, Xia Yun set up the central military tent in the Shuodongcheng County Government Office.

Afterwards, Xia Yun immediately sent out a large number of spies to the surrounding areas with Shuodong City as the center.

Judging from the map, Shuodong City is located in the central region of Gansu, and the distance between it and Shuoxi City is less than 300 kilometers.

If he could run the chariot at full power, he would be able to lead thousands of special forces and reach Shuoxi City directly tonight.

But an army of three hundred thousand barbarians is not a small number after all.

This was his first time in Gansu and he was not familiar with the terrain of Gansu.

If we rashly lead our troops deep into the enemy's territory and are surrounded by a large army of 300,000 barbarians, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Although the thousands of troops under his command were equipped with automatic rifles, one must know that even shooting 300,000 pigs would take at least several days.

Not to mention the 300,000 barbarian troops, all of them were ruthless people holding scimitars!

While waiting for the spy to return to Shuodong City, Xia Yun called Shuodong City County Magistrate Zhao Wuji again.

"How much do you know about the current situation in Gansu?"

Xia Yun went straight to the point and asked directly.

In the past two or three days, Shuoxi has cut off contact with him, and he has not received any intelligence information from Shuoxi.

"In reply to the Marshal, the situation in the entire Gansu region is extremely complicated. Although the center of the battlefield is in Shuoxi City, the barbarians have actually sent out a large number of scattered troops to invade almost the entire Gansu region."

Zhao Wuji responded with a serious look on his face.

"How many troops are there in those scattered units?"

Xia Yun asked with a frown.

"The number of soldiers in those scattered units varies. Some have thousands of soldiers, while others only have two or three hundred."

"And their goal is not to occupy the city. They often just attack and then retreat."

Zhao Wuji continued to respond.

"Didn't the Governor of Shaanxi and Gansu send troops to protect you?"

The gloom on Xia Yun's face became more and more intense. Logically speaking, there was a fierce battle going on in Shuoxi City, and the Governor-General of Shaanxi and Gansu should send people to protect the people in the province.

"All the Governor's soldiers are in Nanmo City. Unless the local county town is about to be breached by the barbarian troops, the troops in Nanmo City will not come out easily."

Zhao Wuji shook his head as he spoke, and there was an obvious sense of helplessness in his words.

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