There are seven countries in the southern purple state of Hongmeng, among which the Yutang economy is the most prosperous, and the military of the water purification country is the strongest.

But if you talk about the latest founding time, it is the Hongye Country located in the southernmost part of Zilai Prefecture.

The former dynasty of the Red Leaf Kingdom was the weakest country in China of the Seven Kingdoms. At that time, Lingchen traitors were in charge, the people were not happy, and the red leaf royal family was in charge step by step, enduring for more than a hundred years, and broke seven cities in a row as soon as they made a move.

After that, it entered the capital of Lingchen Kingdom in half a year, and the power of the Red Leaf Country was completely stabilized in just a few hundred days.

Half of the reason is because of the Zheng family, which is a military general.

The Zheng family was a well-known wealthy family in the Lingchen Kingdom at that time, and their military exploits were extremely prominent. However, the emperor at that time was mediocre, listened to slanderous rumors and wantonly suppressed the status of the Zheng family in the military, and even executed several good sons of the Zheng family, which caused the court to be angry and shaken.

At that time, the head of the Zheng family was eloquent and strategic, and he was not a foolish and loyal person, but he directly took the initiative to contact the Sun family and cooperate to discuss the destruction of the country.

More than 50 children of the Zheng family are all over the important positions in the military department of Lingchen Kingdom, and the royal family of Lingchen Kingdom has fallen into the embarrassing situation of having no soldiers available, and the land of a country is of course a natural handover.

Zheng Tao, who is stationed in Chongling Pass, is the eldest son of the Zheng family. If there is no accident, it is not too difficult to rise to a Shangshu, and it is not impossible to even become a pillar of the country in the future.

So when General Zheng asked for orders to come to Chongling Pass to be a small commander in the war, the squire of the military department looked at the excerpt and didn't dare to criticize.

Later, it was the Ministry of War that repeatedly confirmed to him, and His Majesty the Emperor also opened his mouth, and Zheng Tao came here to start as a centurion and rise to the position of border guard step by step.

It's just that the current General Zheng is really anxious, and he is afraid that something will happen every day.

Chongling Pass has a large number of high-level monks pouring into the border pass every day, who knows if there are any enemy spies hidden inside, if there is really chaos at this time and a big war, the five Chongling passes are not enough for them to dismantle.

And the most troublesome thing is that I can't even set up the order to enter the city, most of these monks are rootless mountain and wild cultivators, all of them are the kind of outlaws who dare to stop me from fighting for opportunities, I dare to fight with you for the opportunity, if Chongling Pass is a heavy soldier because of this, I have ten heads not enough to cut off.

Zheng Tao is now located at the head of the city on the border of Chongling Pass, overlooking the bustling crowd in the city, his brows are furrowed, and he does not look angry and arrogant.

A border soldier hurriedly ran to Zheng Tao with a letter in his hand, and then knelt down on one knee and said loudly: "General, there is a letter from the capital!"

Zheng Tao took the envelope with an unchanged expression, tore it casually and began to read it silently.

After only half of it, Zheng Tao scolded with a gloomy face: "Damn, the people in this military department are full of shit in their heads? If you don't send reinforcements at such a time, you have to get someone to break my elbow?

The adjutant standing beside Zheng Tao said worriedly: "General, there have been several incidents of friction between monks in the city. If the imperial court doesn't reinforce one or two, how can this Chongling Pass be defended?"

Zheng Tao took a long breath, "Can I not know what you said? Three waves of people have already been dispatched, and only Baling County is willing to send a thousand troops in the surrounding counties, and the rest are all bad seeds who can't beat half a fart with one shot." The news of Longquan County has not yet come back, but it is estimated that it is enough to choke, and at this time, I can only count on the family to say a few words in the military department. ”

The adjutant general felt a little sour when he heard this.

This naturally noble General Zheng Tao has never put on a stand since he came to Chongling Pass, and he has never relied on the power of his family to make a fortune in the past five years, and he has come to this position step by step with his own ability. If it weren't for the fact that there was really nothing to be done in Chongling Pass now, how could a general with strong self-esteem pull down his face and ask his family for help?

It's just that unlike what the adjutant thought, Zheng Tao didn't have any worries about asking his family to send reinforcements, let alone any thoughts that would damage his self-esteem.

He, Zheng Tao, has always been the master of the door to clear the matter.

It is my Zheng Tao's private matter to accumulate military merits and promote official positions, and this has to open my mouth to let the family have a relationship, which means that I, Zheng Tao, am just a waste who eats soft rice, and I can't get on the table.

But the Chonglingguan incident involves the face of the Red Leaf Country and the life and death of tens of thousands of ordinary people, if it is only because I didn't wipe my face and didn't say those few words and cut all of this, it would be an out-and-out fool.

Zheng Tao deeply understands that public and private affairs can never be mixed.

Suddenly, at this time, another scout came to report: "General, there are about 5,000 troops of the Pure Water Country stationed fifty miles ahead, but they are only camping on the ground, and they have not even tried to cover up a move or two. ”

Zheng Tao sneered, "Sure enough, how can these dogs still be able to bear the smell of meat? ”

The adjutant asked with some concern, "General, aren't you afraid that these people will take advantage of the situation?"

Zheng Tao waved his hand, shook his head and said: "Impossible, even if the city turns the sky upside down now, they will only sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and they will not take a step." ”

The adjutant was extremely surprised, "Five thousand people's food and grass are not a small amount, they just don't move there and do useless work, this is too stupid, right?"

"Useless?" Zheng Tao turned his head to look at the adjutant, "Do you know, even if these five thousand people don't do anything, they just look at it like this, I, Zheng Tao, are like a fish in my throat, and I can't be at peace for a moment, and I have to be wary of whether these five thousand people will suddenly give Chongling Pass such a sudden, and the most fucked up thing is that it is even more impossible for me to send troops to take the initiative." Believe it or not, as long as I dare to send troops, those 5,000 people will dare to risk their lives and fight us to the end. Chongling Pass, which is not defended by soldiers, as long as you throw a spark into it slightly, the raging fire will ignite in an instant, and then you and I will have a few heads to be able to cut off the imperial court?"

The adjutant asked uncertainly, "What does the general mean, the general will be calculated?"

Zheng Tao patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Yes, doesn't he want me to panic and mess up?" Lao Tzu just didn't have a single soldier, he could stay as long as he wanted, as long as there were no problems inside Chongling Pass, see if Lao Tzu could afford it or they could afford it." ”

Hearing this, the adjutant immediately saluted and said: "My subordinates have issued an order, and all the soldiers in Chongling Pass are doing their best to maintain order in the city, and they are not allowed to go out of the pass for half a step recently." ”

Zheng Tao nodded, and then asked, "How long will it take for the batch of materials transported from Longquan County to arrive?"

The adjutant thought for a moment and replied, "If there are no accidents, we should arrive within three days at the latest." ”

Zheng Tao propped his hands on the city wall and asked, "That batch of materials is too important, who did Longquan County send to escort them?"

The adjutant said: "It is Chen Qiaoqian, the shopkeeper of the Hundred Treasure Pavilion Branch of the Red Leaf Country, who came to escort him personally, so there shouldn't be any problems." ”

Zheng Tao frowned, "Woman?"

Hearing this, the adjutant hurriedly said: "General, although Shopkeeper Chen is a woman, her ability is enough to reassure people, otherwise she would not have reached the level of the Shopkeeper of the Hundred Treasure Pavilion Branch, you don't have to worry about this." ”

Zheng Tao exhaled and said slowly: "Hopefully." ”

The adjutant bowed his hand and went down the tower to give orders.

Zheng Tao's brows were still tightly locked, and the burden in his heart was not lifted at all. He can still solve the matter of Chongling Pass now, and there will be no big mess, but these are all based on the fact that the materials can be safe and sound in his hands.

A total of more than 500 bottles of pills, 700 talismans, and several powerful spiritual weapons, all of which he paid out of his own pocket to put on first, if something really went wrong, the situation in Chongling Pass would not be optimistic.

Zheng Tao clenched the long knife at his waist and didn't say a word.

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The Zheng Mansion, located in the most prosperous area of the Red Leaf Country, covers an extremely large area, but the furnishings of the mansion do not seem extravagant, basically all weapons such as swords, hooks and forks and a large number of martial arts training grounds.

The head of the Zheng family is an old man who is nearly 100 years old, but his appearance is not the slightest old, I saw his black hair hanging down his waist, his eyes were bright, his face was ruddy, and he looked like he was fifty or sixty years old at most.

This person's name is Zheng Chonghua, he is the famous Shangguo Zhu of the Red Leaf Country, and he has spent most of his life on the battlefield, with great achievements, countless enemies, and countless cities that have been defeated. It can be said that without him, the territory of the Red Leaf Country would be at least one-third less, and the current emperor has even reached the point where there is no reward. But such an old man did not look very majestic, but sat in the room and talked to a woman with a smile.

"Lian Rong, what do you think about this?"

The woman looked like she was forty or fifty years old, but she could still vaguely see the appearance of her youth, and she was also a, and her charm still existed.

She didn't have a good face at this time, and pointed at Zheng Chonghua with some anger and began to count: "If it weren't for you, Tao'er would have been able to go to such a dangerous place?" But then again, Zhou Shangshu didn't have any good intentions, Chongling Pass was in chaos like that, and he didn't send troops, so he had to ask our Zheng family to come to the door to beg him? How can you, the pillar of the country, not even have such a little face? Let me tell you Zheng Chonghua, if something happens to Tao'er, you won't want to sleep in the house for the rest of your life!"

Hearing this, even the man who had to call Uncle Zheng when the current emperor saw him still said with a smile: "Yes, yes, yes, it's all my fault, I'll go to the military department tomorrow to do things well, madam, don't be angry." ”

The woman flicked her sleeves, but still said angrily: "Go tomorrow? Go now! I have been bringing soldiers for so long and still don't know the reason for the speed of soldiers? Hurry up, don't delay Tao'er's business." ”

Zheng Chonghua hurriedly got up when he heard this, "Then I'll go to the military department now, madam, don't be angry, be careful of hurting your body." ”

The woman turned away and ignored him.

Zheng Chonghua could only retract his smile stupidly, get up and walk outside.

"Wait. ”

When Zheng Chonghua heard this, he immediately stood up and said with a smile: "What else does Madame command?"

The woman said, "Remember to send some money and clothes to Tao'er, I can only do this when I am a mother, who let my hard-working son have such a careless father." What else to see, go. ”

Zheng Chonghua sighed, closed the door tightly, and then walked slowly towards the military headquarters.

It's just that my heart is a little sour.

This lady really has a son and forgot about Lang.