Chapter 44 The Northern Frontier Pass
A horizontal line pulls up a fence, and there is no end in sight.
"Could it be, the North Border Pass is separated by such a broken fence wall, right?" Lin Bufan asked softly.
Tian Ling has woken up.
He was also staring wide-eyed, looking at the North Pass in disbelief.
That's too much of a contrast, isn't it?
In the hearts of those who lived within the empire, the border gates were surrounded by tall, wide, and strong and monumental walls.
What's going on?
A barrier pulled up by a simple fence?
I remember a wandering poet who once wrote about the border pass of their cool country. "Leaning on the rock and standing in Xiongguan, the cool throat is here...".
The border pass that he was so amazed at was still defeated by the enemy country. Their lord committed suicide by apologetic, and he luckily followed their crown prince and fled to the Haotian Empire on the only large flying eagle in their country.
Thanks to their crown prince, who loved poetry and songs since he was a child, and summoned him to worship his teacher, he was able to escape with only a large amount of money, poetry and anthologies and many beauties during the prince's escape.
Otherwise, there is no way to know what will happen to him.
The fight between those small countries is too cruel.
But it doesn't have the generosity of the Haotian Empire.
The empire treats those who have lost their country, even if they are members of the royal family, as the subjects of the empire, and must not kill and abuse them indiscriminately.
They are a small country, and they all have Xiongguan, and Xiongguan was finally breached.
The border of a huge and powerful empire is so shabby?
Do you really think that the empire is invincible?
Then why is the Northern Border Pass still fighting year after year?
If it weren't for this, Lin Bufan's father would not have come to the North Border Pass, and ended up here.
Now, Lin Yue was sent to the North Border Pass with a crippled body.
"Look at what this should be, right?" Tian Ling said uncertainly: "Grandpa hasn't told me about the border pass. Our Tian family has never been to the border in the past generations. And as you know about my situation in the Imperial City, I don't have the ability to touch these imperial affairs. β
"Well, it doesn't matter. Let's fly a little higher and look down. β
Lin Bufan has not yet started to act.
"Woo-" The whimpering but long sound of the bull's horn, accompanied by thunder from time to time, resounded in all directions of the sky.
Then, a more continuous and deafening "knock-" sound sounded on the ground, like thunder.
Horns are made from cow horns.
The war drums are made of behemoth leather.
Kui Niu and Bian Niu are both mythical beasts in ancient legends.
In the Haotian world, I don't know how many tens of thousands of years have disappeared.
Legend has it that the two horns of the Kui Ox are shaped like a crescent moon, and there is a Tai Chi Bagua pattern between the foreheads of the bull's head. Pale gray, there will be wind and rain in and out of the water, and it can make a thunderous sound, accompanied by the light of the sun and the moon. The Great Avatar of the Ancients hunted his descendants and used their horns to make a war horn.
The legendary Kui Niu has a divine power, and every time it appears, it will be accompanied by a violent storm, and its body is still shining, as dazzling as the sun and the moon. The biggest highlight of Kui Niu is that it roars like thunder, so it is called "Thunder Beast". The sages captured his offspring and made war drums out of their skins, and made drums out of bones.
Emperor Haotian conquered the world and collected a lot of Kui Niu horns and bull drums. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, it was still committed to collecting Kui Niu horns and bull drums, and used them in various border passes.
The horn of the Kui Niu sounded, and the big drum hammer of the bull turned into a bull, which indicates that there is a very strong enemy to attack, which is the supreme police.
For a while, in the quiet north border pass, people suddenly shouted and neighed, and the artillery had already been assembled in place.
But it turned out that Lin Bufan, a flying figure, suddenly came to the northern border pass, and was already discovered by the flying eagle patrolling in the sky.
can fly, and can fly with a person in his arms, this is definitely the arrival of the powerful Sendai Ancestor!
The Flying Eagle went to the inspector and immediately blew the horn.
Inspectors from all directions all discovered Lin Bufan's existence, and the horn sounded almost at the same time, which had a chain reaction to the strong drummers on the ground. All the drummers hammered the war drums violently, and the deafening sound of war drums pulled up the rhythm of the war.
"Stopβ"
An even more deafening, more shocking roar rang out. A white-eyed and thin old man in white clothes and white robes flew out of the tallest and most majestic high-rise building in the middle of the 100,000-mile barracks in the north border, and soon flew in front of Lin Bufan.
No wonder, the Flying Eagle Inspector blew the horn at the same time, but it turned out that Lin Bufan had almost reached the couch of the border commander.
If Lin Bufan was just passing by, the inspectors who had already discovered Lin Bufan's traces would not blow the horn.
But on the contrary, Lin Bufan stopped in front of the couch of the coach near the border pass, and things were not good.
If Lin Bufan suddenly launched a sneak attack, although the old prince and the border coach were also Sendai ancestors, they might also encounter accidents.
"The one who came, but the Sendai Ancestor Xiaoyao Wang Lin Bufan?"
"It's down there. β
Lin Bufan looked at each other in surprise.
The other party is a thin old man in white clothes, white robes, white eyebrows and white hair.
When did the North Border Pass actually have a Sendai ancestor in charge?
Although Lin Bufan was concerned about the safety of his father at the border gate, he didn't ask too much about the border pass.
In the early days, Lin Bufan didn't have that energy, and no one would tell him even if he asked. Although his women are all from prominent backgrounds, they are still children, and they don't know anything about the border gates.
After Lin Bufan arrived in Sendai, he was entangled in all kinds of private matters, so he forgot to ask about the border pass, and those who knew the situation at the border pass saw that he was already the ancestor of Sendai, so they didn't have to tell him anymore. Could it be that the old prince of the border pass still dares to make trouble with Lin Bufan? Although the old prince is also the ancestor of Sendai, he and Lin Bufan, who are different from Sendai, have a huge gap in strength, and they dare not forgive him.
"That's right. The old prince looked at Lin Bufan with a smile and said, "Although King Xiaoyao is already the ancestor of Sendai, he is young after all. With a female companion, you must enjoy the scenery of the empire along the road. But counting the time, the Easy King should also arrive. β
"Old Sendai can really pinch his fingers. β
"Hehe, are you too surprised to see me? There is actually a Sendai Ancestor in the North Border Pass?"
"I really didn't expect it. β
"After a sinner like me whose ancestors were assigned to the border passes, and their descendants could only guard the border passes forever and could not set foot in the empire, did they disdain to mention it?"
"Old Sendai is actually sent by the ancestors? I can't imagine it. What kind of mistake must have been made, the royal family actually sent Sendai Ancestor?"
At this time, Lin Bufan was really a little surprised.
"Hehe, when it comes to the civil strife in the royal family, King Xiaoyao should have heard of it, right? I heard that one of your beauties is the daughter of the descendant of Prince Yue. β
"Oh, I see. Lin Bufan suddenly realized.
But it turned out that the old Sendai in front of him was actually the descendant of the Sendai ancestor who was in turmoil in the imperial family back then.
It's no wonder that the members of their royal family chose the royal family to compete for the heir, and their lineage was too demonic, and there was actually a Sendai ancestor again.
The yin and yang pisces in Lin Bufan's body rotated wildly, and he had already seen that the actual age of the old man was about one hundred and fifty years old.
It has been more than 300 years since the battle for succession, and the old man in front of him is by no means the Sendai ancestor who participated in the war back then.
At that time, the royal family reached the largest number of Sendai ancestors in history.
There are three royal descendants. There are actually four people in the vein who want to win the heir.
It's really wicked!
If it weren't for the support of "Prince Yue" and "Prince Qi" and winning 5-4, the current emperor might be the descendant of the old man in front of him.
It's a pity that "Prince Qi" left a hidden danger of assassination due to the first war of the year, and the heirs have not grown up, so he died, resulting in a generation that is not as good as the next, and so far there is only a reluctant Hou Ye among the descendants, and it is not hereditary.
"That predecessor should also be a prince?
"Don't mention it. They are all hereditary sinners, and it is unbearable to mention it. β
"Then the senior is the coach of Beibianguan?"
"Exactly. But my boss is a lot worse than your father-in-law, General An, he is the real commander who can command all the border commanders of the empire!"
"This, how can it be compared? As the saying goes, the general will not be subject to the orders of the monarch outside, let alone just a commander who is also far away in the imperial city. β
"Hahaha," the old prince laughed loudly. "The King of Freedom is eloquent. β
Then he said: "Does the King of Freedom not believe that the fortifications of the northern border pass are too simple?
That's exactly what the younger generation meant. β
"Then you don't have to look any further, the 100,000 miles of fortifications in the north are separated by fence walls. β
"Why is that? If the enemy of the other side attacks suddenly, isn't it too dangerous?"
"It doesn't matter, there are enough flying eagles in my empire, and the other party's every move is under our surveillance. Besides, the empire may advance north at any time, so why build fortresses?"
"Then how did you come to fight for so many years, and was it because of the northward advance?"
"Not really. The old prince looked at the endless prairie in the north and said: "Almost all the unicorns in the empire are from the northern Xinjiang, and the empire has wantonly asked for unicorns from the people of the northern Xinjiang over the years. The northern Xinjiang is a gathering place of nomads, and the northern Xinjiang region is too vast, with a depth of millions of miles to the north and 600,000 miles from east to west, and the unicorn has naturally become an indispensable thing for their survival and travel. The empire's wanton expropriation is simply killing them, and they naturally want to resist, and if they resist, they will go to war. That's why it's been fought year after year. β
The old prince sighed with emotion: "Thanks to the desert in the north and west, the bad weather of the boundless desert is something that the people of northern Xinjiang dare not set foot in; As a result, we have only 100,000 li left in the eastern and western defense areas of the northern border pass. Otherwise, the northern frontier is 600,000 miles deep from east to west, and how many troops will be needed for this? It is this 100,000-li defense area, and every year the empire has to send a large amount of materials to the northern border pass and bring new troops. β
"Then, old prince, Brother Fan's father is okay now, can we meet immediately?"