At the northernmost end of the Han Dynasty, the only gap in the Great Wall, the majestic Cloudsdale stands ahead of the grasslands and Shenzhou, separating civilization from barbarism.

As the first city in Inner Mongolia with historical records, the history of Yunzhong City can be traced back to the Warring States Period.

Legend has it that during the Warring States Period, the Central Plains states were busy competing for hegemony, and the Zhao State in the north was not only facing the fierce eye of Qin, Wei and other powerful countries, but also suffered from nomadic infestation.

In this dangerous situation of being surrounded by Qi Lang, the Zhao State ushered in a king who was enough to change the strategic position of the country - King Zhao Wuling, Zhao Yong.

In order to change the country's bad strategic situation, Zhao Yong's 'Hufu cavalry shooting', mastering Yi's long skills to control the army, vigorously developing cavalry troops, and then cooperating with Zhao's original chariots and heavy infantry, finally established an epoch-making 'new' type of troops - infantry, cavalry, and chariot coordinated combat troops!

Relying on this army, Zhao State defeated Zhongshan State in one fell swoop in just one year, and then forced some of the nomads of Lou Fu and Lin Hu to move north, and the rest surrendered to Zhao State, and gradually evolved into the Central Plains people - even today, more than a hundred years later, there is still no shortage of generals such as 'Lou Fu Du Lieutenant' and 'Lin Hu Captain' in the Han Dynasty field army formation.

The city in the clouds is the new land opened up by Zhao in the process of pursuing Lou Fu and Lin Hu - in order to hold the new open territory in his hands, in 300 BC, Zhao Yong, the king of Zhao Wuling, ordered: build a city, as the governance of the land of the new service.

And this 'new service land', which includes the northwestern part of Shanxi and the southern part of Inner Mongolia in later generations, and the territory reaches the edge of the Hetao, was named by Zhao Yong: Yunzhong County.

More than 100 years have passed, whether it is the pass established by Zhao on the first line of Yunzhong, or the military town on the first line of the Great Wall in Qin, they have all been buried under the yellow sand; Only Cloudsdale still stands outside the Great Wall, guarding the northern gateway to the land of China.

Stepping on the city wall of Yunzhong City, which is about two zhang wide and more than three zhang high, Li Ji couldn't help but fall into a feeling.

About 80 years ago, Zhao sent Li Mu to step on the city wall in the clouds, looking out at the grasslands in the north.

Forty years ago, the Qin general Meng Tian may have also set out from Cloud City, went deep into the grassland, carved the fear of the land of Shenzhou on the soul of the grassland nomads, and did not dare to go south to the Trojan Horse.

But now, in Li's heart, there is no arrogance of Zhao General Li Mu and the sharpness of Qin General Meng Tian.

- Not to mention the former Qin, which occupies the entire Munan grassland, even compared with the territory of Zhao Shi, the territory of Yunzhong County has shrunk significantly!

Yunzhong City, which was once positioned as a county by King Wuling of Zhao, has now become the forefront of the Han-Hungarian War.

"Alas, I don't know if in my lifetime, I may witness Mu Nan take back the hand of my Han family..."

As a martial artist, whether it is out of worship for the attacks of his ancestors or out of the arrogance of a martial artist, he is worried about the current situation in the clouds.

At the beginning, King Wuling of Zhao was able to turn nearly 100 miles north of the Great Wall of Zhao into a military forbidden zone with the power of only one country; Not to mention attacking, the nomads even passed by the Great Wall of Zhao during the migration, and they had to tremble to send cattle and sheep to the Zhao State and ask for permission.

By the time of the former Qin Dynasty, Mu Nan had completely become a place for horse breeding in the Central Plains; The nomads did not dare to shoot at the black dragon flag when they saw it, they only fled from the wind, and did not dare to go south to herd horses!

Nowadays, the arrogance of the Central Plains people is trampled to pieces under the hooves of the Huns...

Ten days ago, the Huns sent a delegation of more than 100 people, and they swaggered through Yunzhong City and headed in the direction of Chang'an.

Not surprisingly, after a few months, when they returned to the grassland from Chang'an, the Xiongnu missions that originally came empty-handed would be loaded with tea, grain, salt and even cloth, and swagger back to the grassland in front of the eyes of tens of thousands of people in the clouds...

Thinking of this, Li Ji's heart ignited with rage!

In the past, Li was the prince of Quzhou, who only lived in Chang'an, and he was just a prince who had followed the army and suppressed the rebellion.

It wasn't until more than a month ago that Li Ji complied with his father's arrangement and came to Yunzhong to join the army, that he realized the hatred of the people in the border areas for the Huns!

——In the more than a month since Li Ji came to Yunzhong, there have been more than 20 villages in Yunzhong County, which have been plundered by a small group of Huns; Seven villages were burned to the ground!

The vast majority of the inhabitants of the seven villages were taken captive, and the rest were killed; Even the dozen or so villages that were lucky enough to keep their houses were mostly young and strong and died under the hooves of the Huns!

Subsequently, Wei Shang, the county guard, mobilized the only 500 cavalry and retaliated against the small tribes in the Munan region.

But even if you kill 10,000 Huns, you can't recapture the Han people who were taken captive, and you can't exchange them for those dead lives.

The longer she stayed in the clouds, the more she felt that those who were trying to fight for power and profit in Chang'an all day long were all flies!

——The border people are suffering and facing danger to their lives all the time, but those who claim to be the pillars of the country only care about pulling some money and silver into their arms and then taking some power...

At the age of nearly forty, Li Ji finally realized what Lu Qing Cao Di said: Meat eaters despise!

Naturally, for Wei Shang, who was in stark contrast to most people in the Chang'an court, Li Ji undoubtedly admired him more and more.

When he was in Chang'an, Li Ji was just in the circle of the second generation of Hou, and occasionally heard a few words: Yunzhong Shou lost his teacher and humiliated the country ~ The Yunzhong defenders lost hundreds of ~ But after coming to the clouds in person, Li Ji's senses plummeted at the speed of light to those partners who were also Houmen's nephews - a group of people who only knew cockfighting lackeys and didn't want to serve the country with their bodies, but only wanted to guide the country!

As the eldest son of Li Shang and the heir of the Marquis of Qu Zhou, Li Ji's military literacy is undoubtedly above the level; What's more, when Han Li was in the army, Li Ji was already in the army, and he was not as rich and beautiful as the other second generations.

Li Ji has only two opinions on the current situation in the clouds.

One: From the time Zhao State conquered this land to the present, Hanyunzhong County is definitely the most failed and in the worst condition!

Two: Only Wei Shang can maintain the situation in the clouds as it is now, and not continue to deteriorate; If you change anyone, you can't do better than Wei Shang!

Yunzhong County is the territory of the Han Dynasty, but it stands alone outside the Great Wall, once the side wall changes, Yunzhong will almost inevitably fall into a situation of being surrounded and without reinforcements; But even so, Yunzhong County has never fallen in the past twenty years!

Although it is said that there are no longer a few generals in the Han family who can ensure that a border city will not lose for more than 20 years, in addition to military factors, Yunzhong is also facing many problems that are more responsible and more testing of political means.

As the most dangerous city on the side wall of the Han Dynasty, Cloud City is undoubtedly a dangerous place for any common people; Even if they are reluctant to give up their homeland, the people will think about the way to move south for the safety of their lives and the continuation of their families, and move to the Great Wall further south.

But in the same way, as the front line of the Han and Hungarian borders, Yunzhong City needs enough population to ensure that the land under its rule can produce enough food, and it also needs to have enough young men in the city to carry weapons on the city wall and participate in the defensive battle in times of crisis.

In this situation, the problem that must be solved in the cloud is the loss of people under the rule.

But after coming to the clouds for nearly two months, Li Ji didn't find any people in the clouds who wanted to move their families south and leave this place of right and wrong; Even in winter and December, almost every day there was a time when the villages outside the city were attacked by the Huns, and there were still no people in the city in the clouds fleeing south.

For this strange situation, Li Ji naturally couldn't suppress her curiosity and went to consult Wei Shang, but all she got was a bitter and obscure wry smile...

In the end, when Li Ji took office and became one of the captains of the three departments of Yunzhong County, he got the answer he wanted from the soldiers under his command.

——Since the second year of Emperor Gao, when Wei Shang took office as the county guard of Yunzhong, every time a Hun appeared outside Yunzhong City, making Yunzhong City, which was isolated outside the Great Wall, fall into defense, Wei Shang himself wore armor and held a sword from beginning to end, stood on the city wall, and participated in every battle of Yunzhong Defense!

In the past dozen or so defensive battles, Wei Shang has suffered more than 20 wounds; He almost died twice!

The Wei family has lost seven males in the past twenty years, five of whom are Wei Shang's own children!

Relying on such a will to never admit defeat and never retreat, the people in the clouds were infected by Wei Shang and stayed in the cloud city with peace of mind.

- Because when the war comes, the biggest official in this land in the clouds: Wei Shang, the county guard, will definitely fight side by side with everyone to defend this suffering homeland!

Such a tragic, so passionate, and such a moving atmosphere undoubtedly also affected Li Ji - if when he was in Chang'an before, Li Ji's ideal was to become a general of the Han family like his father, and now Li Ji hopes to be the same as Wei Shang and become the patron saint of a land.

It's just that every time I think of this time, Li Ji feels a little uneasy in his heart...

"I don't know what happened to my father, what has become of Chang'an..."

As for the changes that happened in Chang'an City after leaving, Li Ji only knew that there was a 'Flying Fox Lieutenant personally went to Chang'an to suppress the wealthy merchants and gentry in Guanzhong'; other than that, he didn't know anything.

Especially after experiencing the danger encountered by the border wall, Li Ji also had some faint opinions about his father in his heart - why is his father so confused now and does not follow His Majesty?

In Li Ji's view, his father, who has played the role of a hero since he was a child, should be able to put aside disputes for the sake of the overall situation and focus on the defense of the border.

Li Ji was looking at the distance and sighing, and a call came from far away from the city wall behind him: "Young Monarch Wait~"

Slowly turned his head, and after seeing the face of the person who came, Li Ji's face suddenly became happy: "Uncle Fu!" ”

Hurriedly walked down the city wall and helped the panting middle-aged man up, Li Ji said with surprise on his face: "Why did Uncle Fu come to Yunzhong?" Is my father okay? What about at home? ”

For the housekeeper in the house, his father's loyal slave, and Uncle Fu, who has taken care of himself since childhood, appeared in the clouds, and Li Ji's heart was half joyful and half confused.

The man smoothed his breath a little, looked at Li Ji's happy face, and couldn't help but have bitterness in his eyes.

"The old slave came with the regular official this time."

Hearing this, Li Ji nodded slowly: Count the days, the officials sent by Chang'an to greet the mission should also arrive.

But when he saw the man talking, his tone was already choked: "The young prince or the marquis should hurry up and be soft, and go back to Chang'an with the old slave!" ”

After that, the man slowly knelt down under Liji's gradually frightened gaze, and cried: "Master, the master is in danger, and he is about to go big..."

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