In the sixteenth year of Qingping, the sixth day of the third month, spring.

Fengguo Hump Pass, as quiet as ever.

The "poof" sound of the military armor hitting each other and the footsteps of the patrol sergeants as they marched matched with the neat and consistent drill sound on the school field. The cold morning breeze mixed with the smoke of the Huotou Army, and there was a woody fragrance that made people feel transparent all over the body.

"Report ————"

A herald rolled down in front of the guerrilla general's mansion at Hump Pass, and the black-maned horse snorted on the side, and the heavy snout spewed out the old white gas, like a marshmallow rubbed by a naughty boy.

The herald was covered in dust, ragged, and had a half-cut feather arrow stuck in his right shoulder, and the fracture was uneven, obviously broken in a hurry. The left trouser leg was black and mushy, and a wound of about three inches could be seen when it moved, and the valgus wound was pale, due to the fact that it had not been treated for a long time.

When the two gatekeepers saw the blood-colored herald flag, they couldn't care about the injuries of those who came up, so they hurriedly set up the herald and ran to the lobby.

"Report - General, the prince of Daye led a large army to raid, Elephant Trunk Pass, Elephant Hoof Pass, Benxiang Pass were lost, Black Tiger Pass was surrounded, the number of Daye troops is unknown, no less than 100,000 by visual inspection, General Chen Chuanzhi Chen ordered us to break through the siege and ask for help, please ask the general to provide military assistance."

The herald finished speaking in one breath, and seemed to have exhausted all his strength, and collapsed to his knees.

"Quickly pass on the military doctor, good life diagnosis and treatment."

"Beat the drum!"

"Eight hundred miles of urgency, report to Muye Pass, Xishan Pass, Fenghou Pass, and prepare for battle!"

"The flying falcon sends a message to report the war situation to the military headquarters!"

"Master Zuo, please prepare enough 10,000 military rations for 60,000 people before sunset tomorrow."

Qin Kangyi, who was in the middle of the lobby, changed his face greatly when he heard this, and the hand holding the back of the chair exerted force, and the green tendons on the back of his hand bulged. After standing up and letting out a long sigh, he forced himself to relax and issued a series of commands. After thinking for a moment, he said in a deep voice: "After the generals' deliberations, please invite Mr. Huo to come here." ”

Qin Kangyi, the son of Jiangmen, came to this hump pass when Qingping was eight years old, Chinese New Year's Eve is thirty and eight years old this year, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, a tall body, a family heirloom "twisted chief" at the waist, wearing a five-product guerrilla general standard "mighty" armor, the border pass is miserable, looking older than the actual age, but also has its own pride.

The old Qin family was favored by the emperor, and the name of Qin Kangyi's grandfather, Qin Shizhong, was given by the founding emperor of Dafeng State. Speaking of this name, there is a history. Qin Shizhong's parents died early when he was young, and he was sold to the then Beiqi Governor Shifu as a slave, and made a personal servant for the eldest son of the Changshi Mansion. At that time, it was still under the rule of the Qi Dynasty, but this Qi Emperor was stupid, ignored the government for many years, and let the general ministers and relatives do their own things, anyway, the sixty-four states of the Qi State were enough for them to toss.

To say that Emperor Qi has no ability to govern, but he has a soft spot for building houses. I often bring the craftsmen of the Imperial Zoji and the mud mixture, not to mention, this kind of Mizoji craftsmen are really incomparable. If there is something good at the top, it will be invested at the bottom, and it takes silver to build a house and build a palace, and all states, counties, and governments have increased their weights layer by layer, levied and extorted violently, and the people are not able to make a living. This Qi palace has been expanded again and again, from a radius of twelve miles to expand five times, the palace wall is less than two miles away from the moat, and then the city wall has to be opened. The princes and ministers had their own houses given by the emperor, but the people in the capital had no choice but to make way for the emperor to build a house, so they had to move outside the city to live. Standing on the city wall, it looks like a pile of bird droppings of deep and light colors. This palace city can not be expanded, the emperor has to stop for a while, more than a month later, the emperor has no work to do in a hurry is not able to eat and sleep, thinking that there is a big project near the capital can be done - repair the emperor's mausoleum. This great Qi country is eternal, passed on to the children and grandchildren, and after returning to the sky, they have to be buried in the imperial mausoleum, the emperor of Qi pondered, this can not be sloppy, I must do it myself, yes, make up my mind to repair the imperial mausoleum with the craftsmen who repair the imperial mausoleum. can frighten a group of ministers, although the emperor is usually a little ridiculous, but this personally repairs the emperor's mausoleum, what kind of system does it become, Wu Yang knelt at the door of the emperor's bedroom. If you want to ask why you don't give advice in the place of the court, I'm sorry, the emperor has not been to the court for more than ten years, and the ministers have no tradition of going to the court.

Whether the emperor is virtuous or cowardly, there have been corrupt and loyal courtiers since ancient times. The emperor usually ignores the things that those greedy and occupy the gangs and factions fighting back and forth, well, that is the emperor's benevolence, ruling by inaction, and the great Qi country is rich in resources and resources. But this matter of repairing the imperial tomb in person has gone too far, and the uncle can't bear it, and the aunt can't bear it. The Ministry of Rites Shangshu took the lead, and all the members of the Yushitai were dispatched, and a large group of five or six thousand-year-old ministers knelt at the door of the dormitory to grab the sky. When the emperor saw this posture, he had to succumb, and in the chant of "Emperor Shengming" like a mountain, he blackened his face and extinguished the idea of being the contractor of the imperial mausoleum.

The emperor, who had no work to do, had to travel around the palace, and when he saw where the wall skin fell off and the tiles were not piled up, he had to pick them off and start over, and he often worked overtime to take care of food, but he suffered the craftsmen of the Imperial Manufacturing Division. Ministers in the palace are not allowed to stay overnight, let alone craftsmen. No matter how late you work, you have to go to the palace, and when you go home after a busy day, you just lie down and squint for a while, and you have to go to the palace gate to wait for the emperor to announce that you will enter the palace. This Qi Emperor gets up before dawn, day after day, who can stand it. In order for the emperor to toss less, the craftsmen are full of quality, and the eunuchs and palace maids are eager to make a shelf with themselves to straighten it up, for fear that the emperor will find an excuse to repair it and make up for it. Later, Emperor Qi couldn't find a reason to demolish and relocate when he walked around the palace, so he had to let the eunuchs take the tools out to bask in the sun every day.

The bored emperor really can't find the fun to pass the time, and he remembers that he still has a side job as an emperor, so let's govern the country. Looking at a large number of recitals is like a primary school student writing a proposition essay, biting the pen and scratching his hair, scratching his cheeks and scratching the itch, and he is uncomfortable. In fact, the emperor has not been in court for many years, and the ministers have been in charge of everything, and they are all in this bowl to eat, so as to ensure that this bowl is not broken, although the people have not eaten a meal, but as long as there is still a bite to eat, who is willing to risk killing their heads to rebel.

On this day, the Emperor of Qi still sat in the imperial study like an old man who held back his night urine and read the chapter, and he didn't know which minister wrote the chapter, saying that the capital was too crowded, and the houses outside the city were built without planning, which affected the image of the Celestial Empire of the Great Qi State, and suggested that the emperor move the capital and choose another place to rebuild the new capital. On this recital, which has been annotated by the old head of the cabinet, "the words of a bastard person, I implore the emperor to dismiss this person from his official position and reduce his post" made Emperor Qi Longyan happy.

I didn't think of that. The minister of the humerus, the pillars of the great Qi. Emperor Qi was so excited, his heart blossomed, such a far-sighted and thoughtful courtier, he really won my heart. My treasure knife, ah, no, it's really a precious tool can see the light of day again, and dominate the world. Regardless of the few good heads who hit the pillars on the pillars outside the dormitory, they recruited 600,000 husbands and moved the capital!

By the way, the broken pillar was replaced by Emperor Qi himself with the craftsmen of the Imperial Creation Division.

Then, there was no then, and the Qi country died.

It is said that the first batch of soldiers to attack the Qi Palace saw an old man lying on the ground muttering to himself in love with the plan of the new capital, and he really couldn't connect with the Qi Emperor.

The state of Qi was divided into six, and the conquests were repeated and the smoke was repeated, and finally replaced the six larger countries on the territory of the Qi country, namely Fengguo, Yeguo, Muguo, Yuguo, Jingguo, and Longguo. There are also some remote places that proclaim themselves kings, and so on.

It's far away, or go back to Qin Shizhong to change his name, this Qin Shizhong's original name is Qin Sijin, it is said that he weighed only four catties when he was born, and he was sold to Wei Gangqing, the former governor of Beiqi Prefecture, as a martial arts attendant, and followed Wei Gangqing to practice martial arts. The Wei family did not hesitate to eat Qin Sijin, Qin Sijin spread out, nine feet long, with big shoulders and a round waist. After the death of the Qi State, the governor of Beiqi Prefecture Shi had grain and soldiers, laid the land of seven states, and laid the foundation of the Dafeng State. Qin Sijin fought bravely, brave and loyal, saved Wei Gangqing's life in several chaotic armies, after the Dafeng State, Feng Emperor Wei Gangqing remembered his loyalty, crowned Jingnan Marquis, and gave the name "Shizhong". Qin Shizhong gave birth to three sons, all of whom died on the battlefield, and had five grandsons under his knees, and Qin Kangyi was the eldest grandson of the second room.

The old Qin family immediately became a marquis, and it was a tradition to join the army. Qin Kangyi enlisted in the army at the age of thirteen, first in the Kyoto Hussar Battalion, and within a few years of being promoted to the deputy battalion, he took the initiative to invite Ying to come to this Hump Pass and serve as a Wupin guerrilla general.

Qin Kangyi did not lose the face of the old Qin family, and he just polished the 60,000 soldiers of this Hump Pass like a quenched steel knife, with a sharp edge, the soldiers and soldiers worked together, and the military prestige was far away.

As soon as the two drums sounded, all the generals arrived, which shows Qin Kangyi's caution in governing the army.

"Daye Wang led the army to attack, General Chen Chuanzhi Chen sent news from Heihu Pass, Elephant Trunk Pass, Elephant Hoof Pass, Benxiang Pass were lost, the Black Tiger Pass is currently besieged, the specific situation is not yet known, I have arranged for someone to go to investigate, and I must go to support before sunset tomorrow. If the Black Tiger Pass is lost, the last three passes will be in no danger to defend, and Daye Bingfeng is directly aimed at Muye, what do you think. Qin Kangyi pondered for a moment and reported the battle situation.

"What, the Elephant Trunk Pass, the Elephant Hoof Pass, and the Running Elephant Pass have been broken?" The next seat will stand up and exclaim in surprise.

Qin Kangyi's brows were twisted together, and he nodded heavily at Yang Yue, the six-rank wolf shooting general who stood up.

The generals were in an uproar, still not believing this fact.

Elephant Trunk Pass, Elephant Hoof Pass, Benxiang Pass are located in the giant elephant mountain at the junction of Fengguo and Yeguo, because its shape is like an elephant and gets the name, traverses the east and west, is two hundred and forty miles long, the strange peak protrudes, the mountain is steep, towering into the clouds, people and horses are almost impossible. Dafeng country along the terrain, set up the elephant trunk pass, the elephant hoof pass, the elephant pass, each pass eight thousand, set up a wolf general, the deputy general shot the jackal two, according to the danger and guard, the bird can not pass. Although he has been fighting with Daye for decades, he has always fought with the enemy in a small area at the foot of the Giant Elephant Mountain, and it is more of a fight between scouts.

"General, the last general thinks that it is still necessary to find out why the king of Daye was able to lead his army through the mountains and gorges to the Black Tiger Pass, and rushed to help, fearing that he would be ambushed. The last general is willing to lead five hundred cavalry, thirty cavalry, and go to the detectives." This time it was the scout guard general Dai Fangqing who spoke.

"It's okay, please General Dai make a hard trip, check the situation, don't take the troops, go back quickly" After Qin Kang was right, Dai Fangqing hugged his fists and led the order.

In the conference hall, a group of people surrounded the map and the sand table, repeatedly deducing the upcoming tactical ideas and battle plans, and there were constantly heralds coming in and out, conveying every order from the Hump Pass combat center.

In a single courtyard not far from here, a thin Confucian student, with his hands behind his back, looked sideways at the trees in the yard and pulled out a little tender green, listening to the sound of the wind beating the window lattice, and whispered softly.

"The wind is blowing".