It was almost noon, and the warm sunlight fell on the tower of Hanyang Pass, making this majestic pass look particularly tall. However, the strong shadows also made it look mottled, old, and a little decadent.
Xu Zhongxing was sitting on the terrace of the Ximen Tower, with a pot of wine in his hand and his eyes slightly narrowed, looking at the endless Western Regions.
Fan Donghe sat next to him with a bottle of wine in his hand. He drank slowly and said, "It would be great if my eldest brother can come back."
Xu Zhongxing snorted, pointed forward, and said: "Look, three years ago, when I looked out from here, it was dark green. But now, in just over two years, it has turned into light green, and there are even clouds under the clouds.
I feel refreshed. Actually, I don’t care about official positions and ranks, but now guarding here has really become a sinecure.”
Fan Donghe could only sigh.
To the uninformed, Hanyang Pass is still the same majestic and majestic pass in the world as it was in the past.
But Fan Donghe knew very well that Hanyang Pass, which had lost eight giant crossbows and had its defense array destroyed, was now nothing more than a high stone city. If there was a real fight, a pure city wall would be useless.
Blood realm monks can climb up with bare hands, and bone forging realm monks can even run up the city.
Now the two of them have been stripped of their official salaries and sent to Hanyang Pass to serve as the chief and deputy guards of Ximen. The new guard is an elder who ranks at the bottom. Fortunately, this elder has no foundation and weak cultivation. They are both Dharma Prime Ministers.
, probably Fan Donghe couldn't use a stick of incense to beat him.
Therefore, the elder knew what was going on and didn't ask anything about Ximen's affairs at all. He only wanted to dominate and plunder the land outside Ximen.
Xu Zhongxing took a sip of wine, looked to the west, and said slowly: "The clear air in the world in the west is gradually becoming clearer. Although it is not a good thing for us, it is a great good thing for the human race."
Fan Donghe sighed: "It doesn't matter who is good or bad. Now I am disheartened and just want to live my life."
Xu Zhongxing suddenly said: "Do you want to follow me to the north to fight against the Liao people?"
Fan Dongheyi said: "Brother, I have been dealing with the Wu clan all my life, and I am not familiar with the Liao clan! Besides, our territory has nothing to do with the Liao clan. Are we going to work for the Lu family?"
"No, we are not in the Western Jin Dynasty, we are going to the Northern Qi Dynasty. The war there is tense now, and it is the time to hire people."
Fan Donghe was surprised and said: "Brother, do you want to give up your inheritance in the clan?"
"After this incident, I feel that the so-called future of foundation is really meaningless."
"What about my sisters-in-law, nephews and nieces? They can't go to Beiqi with them, right?"
Xu Zhongxing was silent for a moment, then Fang sighed and stopped talking.
At this moment, Fan Donghe suddenly felt a shock all over his body. He stood up with murderous intent all over his body and shouted in a deep voice: "Military spirit! The enemy is invading!"
Xu Zhongxing was still lying lazily and said: "Where are the enemies in the west now? Besides, looking at the strength of the military, Hanyang Pass cannot be defended now. If they really come to attack, we will open the city and surrender."
Fan Donghe was confused for a moment, wondering whether Xu Zhongxing was telling the truth or an irony. His cultivation level was not as good as Xu Zhongxing's. At this time, he could only see a military aura rising in the distance, approaching quickly.
After a while, Fan Donghe saw the whole military aura clearly, and his heart suddenly shivered. The military aura was square and upright, condensed as if it were real.
There is a faint shadow of a huge and unparalleled Pegasus above the army.
Judging from the quality and quantity of military strength, at least ten elite frontier troops can match it. At present, there are only 50,000 soldiers in Hanyang Pass, 45,000 are newcomers, and only 5,000 are veterans, and that is in a literal sense.
Old pawn.
If the enemy is really attacking, then these defenses will basically collapse at the first touch. Fan Donghe subconsciously shouted: "Activate the city defense formation!"
But none of the officers in the tower moved, and all of them had strange expressions on their faces.
Fan Donghe then remembered that during the last bandit attack, the Hanyangguan city defense formation had also been dismantled, and most of the formation materials had been stolen by the horse bandits. Then Wei Yuan's officers and soldiers entered the city again.
I scraped the ground once and took away some of the remaining leftovers.
However, the treasury of the Western Jin Dynasty was empty and there was no money to repair the formation or to replace the giant crossbow. Therefore, the entire Hanyang Pass is now undefended and no defensive formation can be activated.
Fan Donghe's expression changed again. The military movement was incredibly fast. If it were a group of elite cavalry with more than a hundred riders, it would be understandable. How could a 100,000-level frontier army be so fast? This speed was already faster than many
The cavalry charge is even faster!
Suddenly, several knights flew over and shouted from a distance: "Dingxi Jiedushi Lord Wei Yuanwei has come to Beijing to meet the emperor! Quickly switch the switch to allow the escort army to pass, otherwise it will delay Lord Jiedushi's schedule.
You can’t afford it!”
When Fan Donghe heard this, he was furious and said: "If you want to switch it on and off, you have to get a warrant from the Ministry of War! We are not under the control of Dingxi Fan Jiedushi, why should we obey his orders?!"
Xu Zhongxing suddenly said: "Open the door!"
Fan Donghe held back his words without understanding Xu Zhongxing's intention. Although Xu Zhongxing lost his official position, he still had some power, so the sergeants opened the door as ordered.
In the blink of an eye, the military spirit moved to the front of the pass, and the army under the military spirit also showed its true appearance. It was an iron cavalry with more than ten thousand people, with banners like a forest, and bright armor. They were all knights in heavy armor and holding guns, like a line of cavalry.
The torrent of steel is rolling in.
Just looking at the knight equipment, Fan Donghe frowned. Only the Wufeng Elite Cavalry, the most elite in Xu Jiasi's army, has equipment of this level.
The Wufeng Iron Cavalry only had a total of 3,000 cavalry, and they were not willing to use them in the two attacks on the realm. But the Dingxi Iron Cavalry with a military spirit had a total of 15,000!
When did Qing Ming have such strength?
There were fifteen thousand cavalry just escorting Wei Yuan to the capital. This strength could probably capture any city along the way except the royal capital.
The army did not stop and rushed straight to the gate. At this time, the newly appointed governor of the town, Xu, came in a hurry. As soon as he arrived, he shouted angrily: "Where did this army come from? Why haven't you closed the gate yet? Close it quickly.
!!」
His face was still red with wine, and there were many women's rouge on his cheeks. Although it was not yet noon, the new governor's life was already rich and colorful.
He hurriedly ordered, but Xu Zhongxing said: "It's too late."
The Dingxi cavalry had automatically transformed into a row of four, rushing into the city and heading straight for the east gate along the pass. The defense of the east gate was much weaker than that of the west gate. When the guard heard that the west gate was closed and opened, it would have been just as big.
Open and close the door and pray that these ancestors will leave as soon as possible.
In this way, Wei Yuan's cavalry rumbled through Hanyang Pass and headed east.
It wasn't until the military spirit faded away in the east that the new governor patted his chest, took a deep breath, and said, "How can you open the door? What if he turns against him after the army enters the city, what can we do to resist him?"
Xu Zhongxing glanced at him, without concealing the disdain in his eyes, and said, "If he wants to fight, does it matter whether he closes the city gate or not?"
The elder looked a little embarrassed and said coldly: "Humph! If we close the door and he dares to attack us, that's rebellion! We are not under his jurisdiction, so we won't let him enter the city, so what can he do?"
Xu Zhongxing chuckled and said: "Elder, don't forget how the seat you are sitting on was vacated and how your predecessor disappeared."
The elder instantly thought of his predecessor's fate, and his face suddenly turned pale. Hanyang Pass could not stop Wei Yuan's officers and soldiers, nor could it stop Wei Yuan's horse bandits.
At this time, Wei Yuan was riding on a green horse, the light from a book page above his head disappeared, and the speed of the army slowed down.
Wei Yuan looked to the left and right, and saw that thousands of miles of rivers and mountains were covered with snow. But in some fields, the snow had melted, exposing black soil, and some farmers were plowing the fields.
This kind of field is called a fire field. It maintains the temperature of the earth's atmosphere with a magic circle and can grow vegetables and fruits in winter. It allows dignitaries to eat fresh fruits and vegetables in winter.
Naturally, these fruits and vegetables are extremely expensive, and even the most common vegetable cannot be afforded by the farmers who cultivate it. The farmers in the fields are dressed in tatters, and their feet are exposed in the melted snow.
There were large areas of frostbite on their calves. They were shivering from the cold, but they still had to work. There were several monks in leather jackets standing by the fields, monitoring the farmers at their work.
A fire field usually covers more than ten acres, and there are nearly a hundred farmers working on it, all of them skinny.
Wei Yuan withdrew his gaze and looked at the mountain village not far away. It was the coldest time when the snow cleared, but there were only a few households in the village with smoke and fires burning in their houses. These households had their own houses, and they looked like big households at first glance.
house, and all the others had no smoke at all.
After a while, the book was filled with spiritual energy again, and the army accelerated eastwards.
A few days later, Wei Yuan arrived at the royal capital. The majesty of his army and the seriousness of his military spirit shocked the royal city! Lu Zhong, the admiral of the Nine Gates, went straight to the city to watch, and then went out to greet Wei Yuan in person.
This time Wei Yuan brought a total of 5,000 dragon-wing heavy cavalry and 10,000 dragon-winged cavalry infantry, and all the military camps in Weng City were filled at once.
Wei Yuan moved into the post house as usual, but this time half of the post house was set aside for his use. Wei Yuan was not polite and asked Cui Yu, Xu Yi and others to move in, and placed dozens of people there.
A confidant officer.
I had just settled in, and before I even had time to unpack my luggage, I heard a long voice coming from the inn: "The imperial edict has arrived!"
Wei Yuan had to go to the courtyard to receive the edict, and this time it was Liu Quangong who came to issue the edict. The most powerful eunuch in the palace unfolded the edict and said in a long voice: "Declaration: Wei Yuan, the envoy of Dingxi Jiedu, will come to the palace tomorrow to express his gratitude!"
Wei Yuan came prepared this time, thanked him, and after receiving the imperial edict, he took out a square box and stuffed it into Liu Quangong's hand.
This box is about the size of a book, neither too big nor too small. It feels light and fluffy when weighed, and I don’t know what’s inside.
Liu Quangong neither declined nor put it away, and asked, "I wonder what kind of object this is?"
Wei Yuan lowered his voice and said: "Inside are the Nether Blood Xiaonian Pills refined by Xue Yingluo. There are ten pills in total. One pill can extend your life by three years. It does not conflict with other life-extending medicines and the life-extending effect is not compromised. It's just that this pill uses blood.
Yingluo is the main medicine. Although it is not as violent as Xue Yingluo, it is still very harmful to the body and should not be taken too much."
Liu Quangong immediately opened the lid of the first-line box, took a look, and smelled the elixir energy again. He was immediately moved and said: "This treasure---our family has to keep it! Mr. Wei is interested. It will be useful to our family in the future."
, just say it."
Wei Yuan smiled and said: "In the future, I will have to rely more on the care of the general manager."
Liu Quangong's expression became much more intimate at this time, and he said: "This is a matter within our family. By the way, Concubine Yuan has summoned you and ordered you to come to the palace immediately to see her. No mistake. This time we will take our car.
Just leave!」
Chunhua Hall.
At this time, the Chunhua Hall had already activated the heat preservation formation, and a screen warm wall made of thick brocade was erected around the hall to block the cold wind. There were charcoal basins burning in the four corners of the hall, making the hall a little warm.
Wei Yuan was led to the entrance of Chunhua Palace by the maids. The two maids stepped back and motioned for Wei Yuan to go in by himself.
At this time, the Chunhua Hall was surrounded by two-foot warm walls, and there was a screen-style warm wall erected at the door of the hall. The scene in the hall could not be seen. Wei Yuan had some aspirations in his heart, walked around the screen wall, and walked into Chunhua
temple.
As soon as he entered the hall, he was surrounded by warmth, subtle incense, and two incense burners emitting curls of smoke. Smelling the aroma, Wei Yuan felt as if his consciousness was covered with a layer of pink gauze, and his whole person changed.
I have to become lazy and my body becomes more and more sensitive.
His aura was steadily decreasing, his physical appearance was somewhat stagnant and difficult to function, and his overall strength was reduced to less than half.
Wei Yuan's heart trembled. This was not just the effect of the fragrance. There was also a very powerful formation in the palace, which could suppress Wei Yuan's strength by half. If the ordinary magician came, he would be beaten directly back to the Taoist base.
Early days.
Concubine Yuan was sitting on a precious chair in the palace, with a screen embroidered with colorful phoenixes behind her. On her left and right were two maids with old faces. Looking at Wei Yuan at this moment, they both showed unintelligible smiles.
I have to say that when Concubine Yuan is sitting still, she is indeed dignified and holy, making people unable to feel the slightest disrespect.
But at this point, Wei Yuan felt that he was not a human being.
Concubine Yuan's voice was cold and bright, like pearls falling on a jade plate: "Come closer and speak."
When Wei Yuan came to Concubine Yuan's phoenix seat, he had to kneel down and bow in obedience. There was a red sandalwood platform under Concubine Yuan's phoenix seat. When Wei Yuan knelt down, his head was just a little higher than her feet.
At this time, Concubine Yuan suddenly lifted up her skirt, revealing her feet on the wooden platform.
She was wearing extremely thin socks, white on the left and black on the right. The socks were made of a special material, so thin that it required more than ten layers to be as thick as a hair. Through the thin socks, one could clearly see her pearl-like toes, which were painted light.
The red nails and even the thin veins on the instep can be clearly seen.
Her feet were getting closer and closer to Wei Yuan. It turned out that two maids were carrying the base of the phoenix throne forward until they were in front of Wei Yuan. Concubine Yuan stretched out her foot with white stockings and gently lifted Wei Yuan up.
His chin raised his head.
After raising his head, Wei Yuan saw that the skirt in front of him had risen above his knees. At this time, he could see that she was wearing stockings, which went past her knees and reached the end of her thighs. Other than that, she could only be vaguely visible.
Saw something.
Chapter completed!