By November, the entire Mubei had become a world of ice and snow.

Under Tianyan Mountain (now Hangai Mountain), the snow was three feet deep, and no one could walk.

but……

In this cold and cold season when the north wind is howling, dozens of men in brown clothes drive away dozens of dogs on the vast earth, riding on a primitive wooden means of transportation, facing the wind and snow, all the way forward.

"Outuo!" Finally, the person who opened the way in front shouted loudly: "Zhao Xincheng has arrived!"

"Stop!" In the crowd, a noble man wearing a wolf fur coat and a thick felt hat raised his hand, and the dog he was holding immediately stopped running limbs very obediently, gathered together, and made a whisper to the owners.

Someone took out a lot of dried food from the leather bag on his back and threw it to the dogs.

The hungry dogs immediately started to eat.

The noble man walked down the means of transportation, climbed up a small mound covered with snow nearby, and looked into the distance.

In the distance of sight, a city built with rammed earth plate stood tall at the south of the foothills, tightly guarding the traffic leading to the distant mountain gorge.

"Zhao Xincheng!" the noble man murmured softly and said with emotion: "I'm back!"

After cruising in the grassland between Junji Mountain and Juyan Sea, ten years later.

The descendants of the Huns, the second king, finally returned to this city built by their ancestors with their blood and wisdom.

The first city of the Hun Empire and Zhao Xincheng, the pearl of the Huns' Chanyu.

Staring at the city gate, the nobleman bent his knees gently, kowtowed to the city gate, and silently recited in his heart: "The foundation of our ancestors has unfortunately fallen into the hands of others... Sooner or later, I will take it back!"

But now, he dare not have any thoughts about him.

Because, now the owner of this city is King Yuxi of the Huns and the younger brother of Shanyu!

This is nothing more!

People from the Twin Clan never know how to manage cities. Qin cities in various places were handed over to the surrendered ministers of the Han Dynasty. The so-called Twin Clan lord was just a name.

but……

The one who assists King Yu and is in charge of Zhao Xincheng is the right school king... Li Ling!

Just thinking about that man, the nobleman felt trembling all over and his scalp numb.

That was a demon-like man.

Poetry, books, rituals and music are all-round.

Han Feizi, Shang Jun’s books, Guan Zi, Corpse and even Huainan Zi all recited them backwards.

More importantly, being familiar with bows and horses is the most famous warrior and the most powerful The Legend of the Condor Heroes in the Huns, who are also eclipsed in front of the right school king.

Every Hun nobleman knew that the second place (princess) of the Twin clan was extremely rebellious and domineering, and was no less than the princesses of the Chang'an Liu family in the Han Dynasty in the south.

Jiankun, the sister of Shanyu and Duke, was the best among the many.

Even when Shanyu was there, there was nothing he could do and could only let him go.

However……

Since marrying that man, this man has become more virtuous and gentle, and even began to learn about female red embroidery in the dome, sewing a wide robe for the right school king of the Han Dynasty.

Thinking of these things, his expression gradually calmed down. He lowered his body and tightened his collar. He waved his hand and ordered: "Warriors, follow me into the city!"

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Zhao Xincheng is a very simple city.

At least that seems to be true for Li Ling.

A simple rammed earth city wall is built using the method of printing, and it rises up layer by layer, only three feet high.

The arrow towers and watch towers are almost all made of wooden items around the city wall. At most, some earth and stones are stuffed into the wood. It may be possible to defend against the rocks, but if you face a siege force with a tunnel battalion.

These arrow towers and lookout towers cannot hold on for even an hour.

The only good news is that since Huo Qubing, no one has ever threatened this city block located on the southern foot of Tianyan Mountain, let alone captured this city, and reenacted the legend of Fenglangjuxu Mountain back then.

"Young Master!"

"Young Master!"

While feeling moved, Li Ling heard the voice of his old servant from afar.

"What's the matter with Mr. Shao?" Li Ling turned around and asked softly.

Although he had surrendered to the Huns for six years, Li Ling was still accustomed to speaking in the dialect of his hometown in Longyou. Although the Huns wanted to change, they gave up after trying it a few times.

"Zhao Qian is back!" The old servant walked up and replied respectfully.

"Which Zhao Qian?" Li Ling asked softly.

"Zhao Xin's eldest grandson!"

"Oh..." Li Ling murmured softly, saying, "Didn't he go to Outu? Why did he come back?"

"A letter from Chang'an was handed over to Zhao Qian!" The old servant came forward, looked at the expression of his little master, and lowered his head: "Young master, don't see me?"

"Chang'an?" Li Ling was slightly stunned and walked forward, repeating as if he couldn't believe his ears: "Chang'an?!"

After a long time, he smiled bitterly and said, "Chang'an, who still remembers Li Shaoqing!"

"Even if someone remembers it, it should be the traitor Li Ling..."

Li Ling has always been very confused about his identity.

He is a Han official!

He was deeply influenced by his grandfather Li Guang since childhood, and he was determined to make achievements, glorify his ancestors, and clear away the shame of his ancestors and his fathers.

However, fortune makes people feel unpredictable.

Now, he has been sent to the left and whip.

He even married the Xiongnu and became a powerful minister of the Xiongnu.

Chang'an...

I have only seen it in my dreams.

"I heard it was Ren Lizheng's letter..." the old servant whispered.

"Ren Lizheng?" Li Ling was stunned for a moment, a little lost, but soon reacted: "Young Master Ren wrote me? I'm afraid it was instructed by Huo Zimeng!"

At the beginning, Ren Lizheng, he, Huo Guang, Jin Riye, and Zhang Anshi, had traveled to Longxi together and had a great chat.

Unfortunately, that happened fifteen years ago.

Now, except for him and Ren Lizheng, the other three are already in power and extremely noble.

But except for Huo Guang, the other two people have not very close relationships with themselves.

Therefore, Li Ling could immediately determine who instructed Ren Lizheng to write a letter.

After thinking about it, Li Ling waved his hand and said, "Forget it, go and ask Zhao Qian to come and see me!"

"promise!"

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A moment later, a noble man wearing a wolf fur coat and covered in ice and snow marks was taken to Li Ling.

"Ou Tuo Zhao Qian, I'll say goodbye to Tu She!" The man thrust, then knelt in front of Li Ling, put his forehead on the ground, bowed his head again, and said, "May God bless you forever and make your path (the Huns call weapons a path) as sharp as before!"

Li Ling lowered his eyes and asked leisurely, "What's wrong with Zhao Outuo coming to find me?"

"Send a letter!" Zhao Qian lowered his head, not daring to breathe.

The name of a person, the shadow of a tree!

The right school king Li Ling, in the entire Huns, was a man like a demon.

The battle of Junji Mountain made the Huns deeply understand the strength and resourcefulness of this man.

Eighty thousand and five thousand, almost killed.

Many Hun nobles fought once suspected that they did not understand war and did not know how to use military force.

If it weren't for the exhaustion of ammunition and food, and the traitors betrayed.

This right school king may have grown into a nightmare for the Huns now.

It is precisely because of this that his status in the Huns was very special, almost the third person under the Shanyu and his mother, and below the two and above ten thousand people, he could determine his life and death with just one word.

Even when he had just surrendered, his status was unstable.

He could also use a knife to kill Li Xu, the surrendered general who caused his clan to be killed by the Han Dynasty.

But the entire Huns could only watch him take revenge.

Li Ling laughed, making Zhao Qian feel creepy and his scalp numb. He could only lower his head and press it tightly on the ground.

Zhao Qian knew very well that as long as Li Ling thought, he would definitely die without life.

"Where is your faith?" Li Ling suddenly asked.

"Here!" Zhao Qian hurriedly took out a sealed bamboo tube from his arms and presented it to Li Ling.

Li Ling took it and first looked at the sealing mud on the outside of the bamboo tube. After confirming that it had not been untied, he raised his hand, pulled out the sealing mud, and poured out the sealing letter from the bamboo tube.

To Li Ling's surprise, the letter was not made of cloth, but a special carrier that was unheard of.

"What is this?" He looked at the thin, white slices and his brows frowned slightly.

"Reporting to Tu She, this is the latest creation of the Han Dynasty, and it is said to be called Shizhong Paper..." Zhao Qian replied with his head down.

"Shizhong paper?" Li Ling didn't understand very much.

"It is said that it was made by Zhang Zizhong, the chief minister of Han, so it is called Shizhong Paper..." Zhao Qian lay on the ground and reported in a low voice.

"Zhang Zizhong!" Li Ling's voice couldn't help but increase by one decibel.

Two months ago, he received news from Chang'an that his clan brother, Li Yu, who is closest to him in this world, died.

Rumor has it that Li Yu's death was inseparable from a Han Shizhong named Zhang Zizhong.

After learning about his death, Li Ling cried and sacrificed Li Yu's undead spirit in Zhao Xin City and wrote a eulogy.

But that's it.

The relationship between Li Yu and him can only reach this point.

However, afterwards, various news from Chang'an kept coming to know the man named 'Zhang Zizhong'.

Even, as Li Ling knew, even the Shanyu Hulugu listed this person as the focus of the Huns.

Because there is a legend that the Han Shizhong was a man who was so angry that he dared to take responsibility. The guard of the Han Queen even gave him Huo Qubing his sword.

More importantly, a military book called "On War" that is widely circulated among the Han border departments is said to have been written by this person.

Therefore, it is difficult for Shanyu to not pay attention to it!

For the Huns, what they fear most was that the Han Dynasty would have another war god like Huo Qubing emerged.

"However!" Zhao Qian was so scared that he didn't even dare to raise his head, so he could only bow: "That's what the villain knows!"

"Zhang Zizhong..." Li Ling rubbed the letter in his hand, but his eyes looked to the south, crossed the mountains and the Gobi desert, and the rivers and the city was blocked, as if he had seen the scene on the Xuanshi Hall in the majestic Chang'an City.

He felt that his eyes seemed to face a pair of young, sharp and aggressive eyes.

"Politics not only causes war, but also controls war. Therefore, the nature of politics determines the nature of war..." He seemed to see the master with those eyes, talking freely in the Han Dynasty court: "And the nature of the battle between Han and Hun is the battle between the Yi and Xia!"

"It was a righteous battle where the king was upright and attacked the barbarians and refused to minister!"

"It was Duke Zhou who killed Guan Cai!"

"It was Tang and Wu who released Xia Jie!"

"It was Emperor Yu who killed Youmiao!"

"Those who plan for the Huns who betray their ancestors and abandon their ancestors should be punished by the Spring and Autumn Period and be rejected by all generations!"

How many times have I dreamed of midnight? The bad omen in the nightmare intertwined with reality.

For more than six years, almost four thousand days, he was troubled by reality and ideals all the time, without a second of peace and without a quarter of heartache.

He can't forget the mountains and rivers of Longyou, and the glory of his father and ancestors.

What I can't forget is my mother's earnest teachings.

"You call it Ling, and Ling means to follow Fu and Gui!"

"Li Ling! Have you forgotten the shame and lessons of your father and grandfather?"

I can't forget the figure of Han Yannian, Cheng'an, in Junji Mountain.

"Shaoqing! Yannian takes the lead. If you can break through, please let me drink wine today next year! No, you and I will accompany you on the road to the underworld!" So, he dragged his arrows all over his body and rushed towards the Hun cavalry that was rushing like a tide, and hugged them down the valley.

I still remember the resolute voices of Han Yannian and those comrades.

Li Ling finally couldn't help it, and let out a mouthful of blood foam, and his whole body was immediately shaking. The old servant beside him hurried forward, helped him up, and said in pain: "Young Master! Take care of your health!"

He looked at Zhao Qian again and scolded: "Go away quickly and don't appear here again, otherwise you will be killed!"

"Mr. Shao!" Li Ling took a deep breath, calmed his heart, and said, "It's nothing to do with him!"

But how dare Zhao Qian stay?

He knew that if those Jiankun Juci knew about his husband, he would vomit blood because of his little Ou Tuo Xiaojun.

He will definitely not be able to get out of this city!

He quickly bowed and said, "Tu She, please take care of your health, the villain will leave!"

Li Ling looked at Zhao Qian's figure leaving, leaned against the wooden railing, and suddenly sighed: "I don't know if my descendants will end up like Zhao Qian the next day?"

"How could it be?" The old servant quickly comforted: "Young master, your wife is a sister of the Xiongnu Shanyu. You were also awarded the title of King of Right School and actually led the Kun Kingdom. Even if the Huns perish, your descendants will still be the king of a country..."

"Haha..." Li Ling sneered: "Zhao Xin was the lord of a country back then and married Shanyu's sister..."

"What about now?"

The Zhao Xincheng under your feet is still called Zhao Xincheng.

But Zhao Xin's descendants are no longer here.

Most of them followed Ershanyu and died at the city of Luntai.

The last remaining bloodline should have inherited from the grandson of the second king, but became the Xiaojun of Outuo.

What is Outu?

In the context of the Huns, Outuo is the border, which means investigation.

In short, he was the scout of the Huns, and he was placed between the most dangerous Junji Mountain and Juyanze to monitor the movements of the Han army.

Shanyuting did this, but in fact he wanted him to die!
Chapter completed!