The wind and snow were all over the sky, getting bigger and bigger, and falling all over the city.

In the years since the beginning of the Western Expedition, the North has been in a conservative state of recuperation, although it has been taken to the two states of Merge and You, the population is not as good as Jizhou and the Central Plains, even if Li Ru, Wang Lie and others have worked hard to rule, the background is still inferior, in front of the states of the world, the only advantage in the North is only war horses and furs, cattle and sheep bones and bones, and then from the north-south trade, the vast land to attract merchants, people from other states and counties to settle down.

Shanggu County is now the military, commercial and administrative center of Beidi, but in a sense, it has reached a certain degree of saturation, and it is difficult to compare with the giant cities of Luoyang, Xuchang and Ye. But there is another folk saying, Shanggu County is the capital of the north, and most people in the court of the Central Plains know that although the wolf king went to the west to conquer the barbarian countries, but Yu Wei is still there, not to mention that the caravans also rely on each other to make benefits, and no one wants to meddle in things, and turn a blind eye to it.

Wang Lie and Bing Yuan strongly advocated the reclamation of the grasslands from Shanggu County to Liangjian Mountain as farmland, while on the other hand, Li Ru suggested that the Xianbei and Wuhuan nobles of Yunqiushui and Macheng should unify the cattle, sheep and horses of each tribe in the form of arrangement, so that the tribal nobles would be more profitable and let the other party rely on the export of livestock, so that they would be firmly tied to the interests of Shanggu County.

Similarly, the flourishing trade has driven the merchants of the Northland, a large number of shops, restaurants, wine shops, and workshops outside the city have expanded and expanded at an alarming rate, and when they first came to the Northland, there was no farmland, and the idle people could also find a bite to eat in the city. The big families and officials had already sent their servants to the wine shops on both sides of the street where the army passed, rented a place by the window, scalded a pot of warm wine, and chatted with friends while waiting.

The wind and snow fell on the heads of the crowd, Dongfang Yu, who was already twenty years old, stood behind the crowd and looked around, and next to him there was a Gongsun Zheng who was dressed ordinarily and wrapped in a thick leather jacket, and now he was also fifteen years old, and it was difficult to see the scene in the street with his feet padd and his neck stretched.

"My father is going home anyway, so let's just go back." Jumping up again and taking a look, Gongsun Zheng turned his head in annoyance, "If my mother finds out that we sneak out, we will be beaten with sticks." ”

"How can I go back here to see the grand occasion of the army entering the city...... Dongfang Yu said halfway through, and nodded: "..... really can't let my uncle get angry about this matter, so go back to ..... first."

At this moment, the crowd in front of me shouted: "Enter the city!" Followed by a plethora of different voices shouting: "The Wolf King is back!" "When the governor entered the city, I saw the banner ....." …… The wolf banner has entered the city gates. "It's already noisy.

Someone with a broom also rushed through the barricade of the errand at this time, swept the snow that had just been tired in the middle of the street, swept it to the side, and ran back, when he was dragged back by the errand, the man cried with tears streaming down: "Let me sweep the road ahead for the governor..... let me sweep it one more time......" There are people around him who know the figure who was dragged away, and explained to the people around him who are puzzled: "His surname is Zhao, he was originally from Jizhou, his hometown was flooded, and he settled here with a five-year-old daughter, and his mother-in-law starved to death on the way, If it weren't for the government's assistance, arranging for him to live, and finding a job, it is estimated that both father and daughter would have died in this winter. ”

"Why haven't I heard that there is a big flood in Jizhou?"

"Who knows..... maybe it's a little place.....

In the chattering voice, there was a sudden bang from the city gate, it was the drums on the city tower, and under the eaves of the crowded streets, countless sounds stopped, and the gentry on the building also put down their wines, stood up and ran to the window to look nervously at the street.

A cold wind blew, the snowflakes were flying, many people waved their hands to sweep away the flying snow that blocked their vision, they heard the neat footsteps from the street on the other side of the city gate, when they waved away the snowflakes, their eyes looked over there, in the wind and snow, the soldiers wearing black armor in the outer leather jacket came in three columns like a long dragon, in the heavy footsteps, the nail leaves made a collision sound under the leather jacket, the long shield was carried in the left hand, the waist ring knife swung from time to time, hit it, looked straight ahead with a solemn expression, there were snowflakes hanging on the eyelashes, falling in the eyes, Didn't blink. Occasionally, in the middle of the procession, there are shorter but extremely strong gentiles, also wearing winter clothes, but under the thighs, only studded sandals, a huge round shield, protect their bodies tightly, an extremely long iron spear in the ranks looks a little abrupt, the broken banner with the word 'and' written on it is held high above their heads, and the sharp-eyed people shouted from afar: "It is Wenhou's merge state army...... It's majestic, but who are those barbarians? What's in there? There are also gentry who can't help shouting: "I didn't see Wen Hou, the one who wore the red feather turned out to be a female general, and there was no one for the big man......."

Under the banner with her eyes focused, Lu Lingqi straightened her back, holding a crescent halberd, and even the curly-haired red rabbit horse under the seat was also put on leather armor, with a delicate beast head on her shoulders, a cloak from left to right, wrapping half of her body in it, in the wind and snow, under the thin eyebrows with snowflakes, her apricot eyes were majestic, and there were mocking words coming down, her eyes were tilted to look at it, only one glance, the bloated gentleman only felt a chill in his stamina, and immediately closed his mouth and retreated behind the crowd.

The marching army continued to move forward, stretching from outside the city gate, the second army to enter the city was the Fengxiang army, only 13,000 people, only more than 2,000 people came in at this time, Pan Feng looked up at the city gate that was getting closer and closer, spit and wiped it in the palm of his hand, turned his head and shouted at the soldiers behind: "Today, General Ben is finally going to show his face in front of everyone, you have to shake your spirits...... When I get back to the barracks, I'm going to invite you to drink! ”

"Yes!"

The soldiers responded with a smile, and the angry Pan Feng yelled at them a few more words, these Fengxiang soldiers seemed to be lazy and slippery, but the battle of the Western Expedition was also a ruthless person killed in the corpse, just in the past of the Bingzhou Army, the moment they stepped into the city gate, the smiling face suddenly changed, the color became serious, the footsteps stepped on the ground fiercely, carrying the bow and crossbow, and pressing the handle of the knife with their hands, and the momentum of the queue of two thousand people was instantly diffused.

The female generals of the Bingzhou Army, who were still talking about the past, a murderous team had entered the street, and the people watching in the city suppressed their voices, looking at the mottled armor on their bodies, some knowledgeable old men couldn't help but stand up tremblingly, pointed to the soldiers in the past, and excitedly said to others: "The old man has a lifetime, and he can see such a strong Han army again, and he will be blind to death, if they were the ones who guarded the border back then, Tanshi Huai'an could kill ...... it."

The old man cried excitedly, and his crutches struck the wooden fence, and he fainted on the spot. In the midst of the chaos, there were also part of Guo Yan's Xiliang army, five hundred white wolf cavalry, black mountain cavalry, and even Xianbei, Xiongnu, and Wuhuan cavalry also entered the city, and more troops returned directly to the barracks to rest.

After Gongsun Zheng took Dongfang Yu to look at it for a while, he hurriedly took the carriage and hurried back before his father returned to the house, and in the city, many eyes from all sides were staring at the army entering the city.......

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The largest mansion in the city.

Gongsun Zhi stood in the courtyard of Feixue, looked at the woman who came under the eaves, and gently hugged her in his arms, "Madame....." I haven't seen him for seven years, even when I came back, I thought about what I wanted to say, and what I said was simple: "..... I'm back." ”

Cai Yan leaned on the armor, his fingers wiped off a few snowflakes on the knife marks, his lips trembled slightly, tears fell on the nail leaves with a clatter, and he nodded his head in a low voice.

The two of them hugged in the snowflakes that were sprinkled one after another, and Ning Xin drove away all the cold.