Beiyang City, Spirit College.

"Uncle, I'm afraid General Lin has already arrived in Wanqiu. Yang Hejiu looked down at the ring ruler in his hand and said.

At this time, it was already winter, the weather in the north was very cold, Mu Lanzhou was lying on the bed, wrapped tightly, one of his hands was grasping the corner of the quilt, and his fingers were slightly bent, making people feel that this strong man of the Divine Journey Realm seemed to be able to lift the quilt at any time and go thousands of miles away.

Suddenly, as if he had thought of something, he withdrew his hand back into the quilt and slept peacefully, without any movement.

"In terms of time, Xiao Anzi should have passed Wanqiu in the past few days, and General Lin was there, so I was worried. Yang Hejiu frowned and continued.

"Is Rodin in Zhao Kingdom?" asked Mullan, lying on the bed with his eyes closed.

"The National Teacher has returned to old age, and he is indeed in Zhao State. Yang Hejiu thought about it and returned.

"Then go to sleep, he's in Zhao Kingdom, I don't want to go. Mullanzhou pulled the quilt tight, turned over and said casually.

"It's... Why?" Yang Hejiu asked puzzled.

"Go back to bed, and I'll tell you the story of this academy tomorrow. Mullanzhou opened his eyes and looked at the roof.

Within the territory of the State of Zhao.

Xu An walked on the road, the weather had changed from warm to cold, and the temperature difference was too large, and he was about to leave Zhao and come to the north.

As soon as the cold night wind blew, Xu An's wine had already woken up for the most part, and he was unprecedentedly awake at this time, and wrapped his clothes tightly for the first time: "This thing, it's so cold after waking up?"

The wine jug in his hand has long been thrown away by him, he only holds an iron sword, which was borrowed from the General's Mansion, and it is impossible to return it, after this battle, he will not take this sword back, whether it is success or failure, as for Zhou Rong, when he goes to ask for a sword, just give him a random one.

It was almost dawn, and Xu An had to find out the situation of the group of robbers before dawn, so that he could decide whether to fight or flee.

Speeding up a little, walking out of the border of Zhao State, there is a flat river in front of him, which is very conducive to the charge of the cavalry, Xu An frowned slightly, how to stop the cavalry in such a terrain?

He could easily kill the man on horseback when the cavalry came in, but he couldn't unload the impact of the horse's high-speed gallop, and he couldn't help but wonder what someone else would do if they were facing thousands of horses in this terrain.

The first thing he thought of was Lin Pinggui, and then the Sword Saint, the character who hated himself extremely and was also extremely hated by himself, but he didn't have the strength of the Sword Saint.

One horse Pingchuan is not good, there needs to be a pass, a pass where the enemy can resist the enemy when he comes, and when he wants to go out, he can also open the door wide, in his opinion, Wanqiu City is not enough.

There is a river in the south, named Lingchuan, the water of Lingchuan flows south into the sea of hopelessness, this naturally formed river almost spans half of the Wuqing Empire, the Wuqing Empire is backed by this Lingchuan, and the southern region has been at ease for hundreds of years.

The Wuqing Empire knew that if there was a war, it would inevitably start from the north, so the defenders on the northern border of the Wuqing Empire were more than three times more than in the south.

The Yue Kingdom in the south of the Wuqing Empire is not weaker than Beichang or Wuqing, but it is such a Lingchuan about a hundred zhang wide that blocks their pace of wanting to go north, and even they will be isolated from this world, and the caravans that the Wuqing Empire wants to go further south will have to go far away to borrow routes from other countries.

Some people say that Lingchuan is another world to the south, but it is estimated that South Vietnam is also saying the same.

Xu An's first thought was this Lingchuan, if he could move this Lingchuan to the border of Beichang, he would naturally be able to sit back and relax, but if so, it would also block the way south. South Vietnam can't go north, and the Wuqing Empire can't go south, you must know that this naturally formed river is steep and abnormal, and the Wuqing Empire has always wanted to build a passage to the south but has never been able to achieve it.

He thought about it and began to laugh, how could he be whimsical, and still want to move Lingchuan over? ”

If the Sword Saint guards the north bank of the Lingchuan River, he can retreat from thousands of troops in South Vietnam alone. Beichang does not have such a sword saint, but Xu An feels that Beichang also needs such a big river that can be used as a master, if an artificial canal is dug north of Wanqiu, although it is not as steep as Lingchuan, but it can also be better to build a bridge to the other side, Xu An nodded slightly when he thought of this.

However, this canal cannot strengthen the defense of Wanqiu City, it can only be further north of Wanqiu City, which is the second line of defense of Beichang, and if Wanqiu City is broken in the future, this canal will become an obstacle for them to return to China. And with the existence of such a canal, it will be even more difficult for Wanqiu to recover it, you must know that without the existence of Wanqiu City, the enemy army guarding the other side of the river can also be a master, and it will take a lot of time and financial resources to build such a canal, but I am afraid that no one is willing to bear this infamy through the ages, and he has to give up when he thinks of this.

Even if he crossed the Zhao State and came to the north, Xu An gradually saw the defenders on the border of the Zhao State, and it was not difficult for a person not to be discovered by those defenders, so he crossed the border and then went north.

Due to the approaching winter, the sun had not yet risen, so he could still see a layer of mist around him, and Xu An could slowly see the group of robbers who had been ambushed here more than a month ago.

They camped here, and if the two countries sent troops to encircle and suppress them, they could ride their horses into the eastern mountain range, which was difficult for large-scale battles, and even if they were damaged, they would not be wiped out.

Several cavalrymen with knives were patrolling on horseback, vigilant of the movements of the two countries, whether it was the location of the camp tent, the choice of ambush location or the direction of the patrol, even if no one told him the true identity of this group of robbers, Xu An would find something strange when he saw it.

Xu An didn't think that they were the Zhennan Army, the Zhennan Army was responsible for guarding Wanqiu City, and they couldn't be easily mobilized, and no one dared to take the Zhennan Army into danger.

If it's not the Zhennan Army, then it's easy to do, if the commander of the Zhennan Army wants to kill himself, Xu An doesn't think that he can still walk to Wanqiu City alive.

Thinking so, Xu An saw a man and a woman walking from Zhao to the border of Beichang, the more he looked, the more he felt that the two people were a little familiar, and he didn't make any other moves, and looked at what the two people wanted to do.

"Stop, rob!" shouted a rider with a knife as he rushed towards the two of them.

"Fuck off, do you rob before dawn in the morning?" replied the man in white angrily.

Although the man's words were casual, there was no problem, generally speaking, it was unlikely that the robbery would be before dawn in the morning, this was at the border, not an early stall in the city, and it was strange to be waiting for talents, which was also the reason why Xu An wanted to pass the customs before dawn, because at this time their defense was the weakest.

The man on horseback looked at the man carefully, then thought back to the portrait he had seen, compared it seriously in his mind, and said, "Yes, let's go." ”

This... That's going to let you go? You're hemp! That's too obvious, isn't it?

Xu An thought of this, but he was angry, and he wanted to stop Lao Tzu if he was not dedicated to a robbery?

But why are these two people here?

"Neuropathy. The man in white scolded and walked north, and the woman behind him followed quietly.

But the man on horseback was not angry because of the scolding of the man in white, and he didn't even have the slightest mood swing, and still vigilantly patrolled the surrounding situation.

Xu An picked up the weeds in front of him, patted his body and walked out slowly, and when the cavalryman saw him, he didn't speed up, but just walked north step by step.

Slowly walked to the side of the horse.

"Stop!

When the man saw another man coming in front of him, he wanted to stop and check it, but before he could finish speaking, he fell heavily from his horse.

Xu An didn't speak, but just pulled out the iron sword and stabbed at the man, the horse was frightened and began to gallop, attracting the attention of a man and a woman who walked not far away, a man and a woman turned around at the same time, the man in white was stunned at first, and then waved his hand vigorously: "Xu An!"

The man in white is naturally Chang Geng, and the woman is Hu Jiangli.

The two of them went all the way north to the Spiritual Academy, and it was by chance that they met Xu An here.

Xu An squatted down and wiped the blood on the sword on the corpse, but did not put the sword back into its sheath, because he could already see more people getting on their horses in the distance and began to surround this side, wiping the sword just because he didn't want to get too many blood stains on his body when he swung it.

There were not many people, probably only a dozen rangers, but Xu An thought that the enemy was definitely more than these.

Xu An began to run towards the two of them, and sure enough, as soon as he ran over, he saw a large group of bandits with knives in the farther east rushing towards this side, all of them rangers!

The dozen or so people in front of them camped not far away, in order to stop themselves first, this is between the two countries, there is still a long distance from the defense line in Beichang, if they are entangled by cavalry here, it is not easy to escape. There is a flat river in the north and south, and no one wants to engage cavalry in the plains, so the first thought of ordinary people must be to run to the mountain areas in the east, but they don't know that they have done more ambushes there.

Xu An's original plan was exactly like this, first luring them to the location of the eastern mountain range, where the cavalry was not good at taking advantage of their charge, even if there were more people, it was not a matter of worry, but when he saw the long watch, he changed his mind.

Now it seems that it is fortunate that I did not go that way, or I will end up with an enemy on my back.

"I remember you said you wanted to help me?" Xu An ran to Changgen's side and said with a smile.

"I'm so... Did I say that?" the chief first patted his chest, then turned to see the large group of Rangers rushing towards him, and immediately changed his words.