On the morning of August 2, 434 of the Great Jin Dynasty, Liu Ji arrived at Hangu Pass, which was close to Yongzhou, with eight elite troops, including the Tiger Ben Army, the Xuanjia Army, the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, the White Horse Congyi, the Modao Soldiers, the Trap Camp, the Wei Wushu and the Qin Ruishi.

Hangu Pass is one of the Eight Passes of Canglong, and if you want to enter Canglong City, you must pass through one of the Eight Passes of Canglong.

When Liu Ji led his troops to Hangu Pass, Dou Yan, the chief lieutenant of the military department, Yang Zhong, the chief lieutenant of the Ministry of Rites, Wang Zhihuan, the chief lieutenant of the Ministry of Rites, Zhao Boran, the chief lieutenant of the Criminal Department, Sun Mingtao, the chief lieutenant of the Ministry of Works, Zheng Kai, the chief lieutenant of the Ministry of Households, Han Renji, the secretary of the Ministry of War, Wu Ziyu, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, Zhang Shunran, the secretary of the Ministry of Households, Chen Sikai, the secretary of the Criminal Department, Xiao Su, the hussar general, He Guangzong, and the hussar general Li Hong, had already waited in Hangu Pass for a long time with more than 100 other court ministers.

After learning that the Broken Army had defeated even the coalition forces of the Western Continent, the Thirteenth Family had a consensus that they must take the initiative to put Liu Ji on the throne, and now the Broken Army can be said to be the strongest army in the world, once Liu Ji thinks that the Thirteenth Family is an obstacle for him to enter Canglong City, then the Thirteenth Family will definitely have no good fruit to eat.

Outside Hangu Pass, Dou Yan, the captain of the military department, and others finally met Liu Ji.

"Governor Liu, congratulations on leading the Broken Capture Army and achieving another brilliant victory, driving the coalition forces of the seven great powers of the Western Continent out of the Western Regions, and adding a large area of territory to our Great Jin Western Regions!" Captain Dou Yan said to Liu Ji with a smile.

Liu Ji immediately clasped his fists at Dou Yan and the others and said: "Thank you, Taiwei Dou, and all the adults who came to greet Liu and expand the territory for our Great Jin, which is what I Liu Ji should do." ”

Yang Zhong, the chief lieutenant of the Ministry of Officials who was standing beside Dou Yan, then said with a smile on his face: "Governor Liu, it is windy outside the pass, and the old man and others have already set up a banquet in Hangu Pass, ready to wash the dust for Governor Liu!" ”

Liu Ji suddenly said with a sad face at this time: "Captain Dou, Captain Yang, and all my lords, I came to Canglong City twice before, but I was assassinated both times, so this time I re-entered Canglong City, Liu Ji had to make some precautions, first of all, the army was ready to temporarily take over Hangu Pass, I don't know what Captain Dou, Mrs. Yang and the adults think?" ”

Dou Yan, the captain of the military department, immediately said: "Governor Liu Dadu came to Canglong City twice before, and he blamed the old man and others for negligence, and it was reasonable for Governor Liu to arrange this, and the old man agreed to take over Hangu Pass by the Broken Army." ”

For Liu Ji's entry into Beijing this time, the thirteenth family was already prepared to lose control of the Sixteenth Forbidden Army, so on the issue of the Broken Army taking over Hangu Pass, Dou Yan, the captain of the military department, agreed very happily.

Liu Ji said with a smile on his face: "Then Liu Ji will thank Captain Dou and all the adults!" ”

At this time, the troops stationed in Hangu Pass were a brigade of the forbidden army's Huben Guard, with a strength of more than 20,000 troops.

Regarding the blatant annexation of the forbidden army by the Broken Army, Dou Yan and others, the captain of the military department, should not have seen it, and they were still talking and laughing with Liu Ji.

On the afternoon of August 2, the Broken Army built a large-scale camp in the north of Canglong City, at this time, Dou Yan, the captain of the military department, and other ministers of the imperial court, had already returned to Canglong City first, and Liu Ji refused the invitation of Dou Yan, the captain of the military department, to let him enter the city immediately.

On the evening of August 2, in a conference hall in the mansion of Dou Yan, the chief lieutenant of the Ministry of Rites, Wang Zhihuan, the chief lieutenant of the Ministry of Rites, sighed and said to the other twelve powerful ministers: "It seems that Liu Ji will not enter Canglong City if he does not control the military power of the Sixteen Guards Forbidden Army. ”

Dou Yan, the captain of the military department, said in a deep voice: "Before Liu Ji came to Canglong City, we had already expected such a result, according to Liu Ji's temperament, it was impossible for him to let our thirteenth family continue to control the sixteen guards of the forbidden army. ”

Zhang Shunran, the head of the household department, said a little unwillingly: "Is it really that the sixteen guards of the forbidden army are handed over to Liu Ji for nothing?" These sixteen guards are almost the last hole cards of our thirteenth family! ”

Dou Yan, the captain of the military department, smiled bitterly and said: "It's a pity that this hole card of our thirteenth family has no effect on Liu Ji at all, according to the information obtained by the imperial court, the strength of the broken army has already exceeded 20 million, and more than 20 million troops are not a rabble, and the combat effectiveness is no worse than that of the forbidden army. ”

The hussar general Xiao Su immediately said: "The more than one million troops that Liu Ji brought to Canglong City this time are definitely the elite of the Broken Army, and the combat effectiveness is still above the forbidden army, once our thirteenth family makes any trouble, Liu Ji will be enough to take Canglong City with this more than one million troops, so all of us here should not have other thoughts." ”

Xiao Su's words made many powerful ministers nod, and finally Dou Yan, the captain of the military department, said: "The annexation of the forbidden army by the Broken Army, our thirteenth family can no longer stop it, and we can't stop it, so when you go back, you must restrain the children of each family in the forbidden army, and you must cooperate with the Broken Army to take over the forbidden army and even Canglong City, and you must not make any trouble." ”

When the powerful ministers of the Thirteenth Family got together, in a palace in the Imperial Palace of Canglong City, Empress Dowager Zhao asked Liu Chong, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, and Liu Yuan, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites: "Now that Liu Ji has arrived outside Canglong City with his troops, does the emperor need to say hello to Liu Ji in advance about the matter of ceding the throne to Liu Ji?" ”

Liu Chong, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, opened his mouth and said: "Don't worry, the Queen Mother, we sent someone to let the news out a long time ago, presumably Liu Ji already knew that the emperor was going to give him the throne, if it weren't for the invasion of the Western Regions by the alliance of the seven major powers of the Western Continent, Liu Ji would have come to Canglong City a long time ago." ”

Empress Dowager Zhao sighed and said: "Anyway, Liu Ji has expanded a lot of land for our Great Jin, I heard that Liu Ji has annexed both the State of Rest and the Kingdom of Cheshi this time?" ”

Liu Yuan, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, nodded and said: "Back to the Queen Mother, this time the Broken Army not only annexed the Rest Country and the Cheshi Country, but also ceded fifteen provinces to the Broken Army in order to invite the Broken Capture Army to send troops, and the Broken Capture Army also annexed the thirteen vassal states of the Rest Country, the twenty-four vassal states of the Dawan State and the thirty-two vassal states of the Cheshi State this time, and now the entire Western Regions, at least four-fifths of the land, has become the jurisdiction of our Western Regions Protectorate. ”

Empress Dowager Zhao said with some surprise: "In this way, the current Western Regions Protectorate is not larger than the area of our twenty-four states of the Great Jin Dynasty!" ”

"That's true, if the current Western Regions Protectorate is counted as a desert, the area is even equivalent to six or seven Great Jins, and even if the desert is removed, it will have almost the area of three Great Jins." Liu Yuan, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, said with certainty.

"By the way, the emperor will give up the throne to Liu Ji this time, and the thirteenth family will not be in the way, right?"

Liu Chong, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, immediately replied: "The Queen Mother can rest assured, now the Thirteenth Family is difficult to protect itself, if the Thirteenth Family does not know each other, Liu Ji will definitely not be merciful, when the Broken Army passed through Hangu Pass today, not only took over Hangu Pass, but also incorporated a brigade of the Tiger Ben Guard in Hangu Pass, and went to meet Liu Ji's Captain Dou Yan of the Ministry of War, Yang Zhong and others, but there was not even a single objection. ”

Empress Dowager Zhao nodded slightly, and then said gloomily: "The mourning family doesn't want to have any twists and turns in the matter of Zen, and after the emperor cedes the throne to Liu Ji, Liu Ji can let the mourning family and the emperor live the life of ordinary people." ”

Liu Chong, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, said comfortingly: "The Queen Mother doesn't have to worry, as long as the emperor takes the initiative to cede the throne to Liu Ji, Liu Ji will also treat the Queen Mother and the emperor well in order to block the mouth of the world." ”

Early in the morning of August 3, Liu Ji sent a number of troops to the other seven passes around Canglong City, preparing to take over these seven passes and absorb the forbidden troops in these seven passes.

When the Broken Army took over the six passes of Guangcheng Pass, Dagu Pass, Kinmen Pass, Xuanmen Pass, Mengjin Pass and Zhenyuan Pass, it can be said that it was very smooth, and the forbidden army stationed a brigade at each of these six passes, which was very cooperative with the Broken Army, and by the afternoon of August 3, the eight passes around Canglong City, except for Baiyun Pass, the other seven passes had all fallen into the hands of the Broken Army, and the Broken Army also incorporated the 140,000 forbidden troops of these seven passes.

Only when taking over Baiyun Pass, the Broken Army ran into trouble, and the forbidden army guarding Baiyun Pass was a brigade of Yulin Left Guard, and the brigade captain of this brigade was an old man of Liu Ji, Li Yifeng, the youngest son of the hussar general Li Hong, Li Yifeng was still a disciple of Wudang Mountain.

When Liu Ji came to Canglong City for the first time, it was Li Yifeng who took dozens of Wudang Mountain disciples to intercept and kill Liu Ji on the street.

In a mansion in Baiyun Pass, Lieutenant Li Ying frowned and said to Li Yifeng: "General, now that the thirteenth family has passed down the order, let us Forbidden Army Sixteen Guards cooperate with the incorporation of the Broken Army, Liu Ji must be enthroned as the emperor this time, and we now refuse to take over the White Cloud Pass, is it a little inappropriate?" ”

Li Yifeng gritted his teeth and said: "Qingmei was snatched away by Liu Ji, I, Li Yifeng, have an enmity with Liu Ji, and it is impossible for me to submit to Liu Ji!" ”

"But General, the Thirteenth Family has ......"

"Needless to say, General Ben has made up his mind, if the Broken Army wants Baiyun Pass, just rely on your ability to take it!"

Lieutenant Li Ying looked at Li Yifeng's attitude, and his heart suddenly became cold, the Broken Army is now in full swing, with more than 20,000 people in Baiyun Pass, how can it be the opponent of the Broken Army!

At this time, Lei Jin, the second elder of Wudang Mountain in the room, opened his mouth and said: "Yi Feng, don't be afraid of that Liu Ji, now in Wudang Mountain, in addition to me, the elder, there are three Dharma protectors and more than 300 disciples in Baiyun Pass, this is not counting you, the Dharma protector, so why be afraid of that Liu Ji with such strength!" ”

After Li Yifeng was promoted to brigade lieutenant, a large number of Wudang Mountain's disciples joined Li Yifeng's troops, and Wudang Mountain even sent the second elder Lei Jin and the three Dharma protectors to Li Yifeng's side.

In Wudang Mountain, as long as you have the strength to be on the list of peerless fierce generals in the world's hero spectrum, you can be promoted to the protector of Wudang Mountain, Li Yifeng's strength reached the realm of peerless fierce generals more than two years ago.

Wudang Mountain has never had a good impression of Liu Ji, Wudang Mountain believes that the Dharma Protector Wang Chutong died in the hands of Liu Ji, and Zhang Shaohua, the murderer who killed Wu Lu, another Dharma Protector of Wudang Mountain, is currently also in the Broken Army, so don't look at the Broken Capture Army as a dominant force in the Great Jin Dynasty, but Wudangshan has no intention of having a relationship with Liu Ji at all.

In the camp of the Broken Army outside Canglong City, Liu Ji couldn't help but feel a little surprised when he learned that the defenders of Baiyun Pass refused to take over Baiyun Pass, and then asked Zhang Liang and other strategists: "Which is the forbidden army guarding Baiyun Pass?" Who will be its master? ”

At this time, Jia Xu replied: "My lord, the forbidden army guarding Baiyun Pass is a brigade of Yulin Left Guard, and its brigade captain is Li Yifeng, the son of the hussar general Li Hong!" ”

This time, Liu Ji came to Canglong City, and only brought Zhang Liang, Jia Xu, Guo Jia, Chen Ping, Cui Hao and Zhang Juzheng, six strategists.

"Oh, it's him! It seems that the matter of Baiyun Pass should have nothing to do with the Thirteenth Family, and it is likely that Li Yifeng made it himself. Liu Ji analyzed.

Zhang Liang suggested: "My lord, it is better to notify the Thirteenth Family immediately, presumably the Thirteenth Family should be able to solve the matter of Baiyun Pass quickly." ”

Liu Ji touched his chin and said, "This time I came to Canglong City, and the Governor of this city was still thinking about how to establish his authority!" Now that Li Yifeng has taken the initiative to jump out, the Metropolitan Governor will take him to his prestige! ”

Zhang Liang thought about it for a while, then nodded and said: "Since the lord wants to establish his authority, his subordinates agree to take that Li Yifeng under the knife, and Li Yifeng is still a disciple of Wudang Mountain, which gives the lord another excuse to deal with Wudang Mountain." ”

Liu Ji immediately said loudly: "Immediately let the escort team gather, the Governor of this city will go to Baiyun Pass in person, and I will meet that Li Yifeng for a while!" ”

In the mansion of the hussar general Li Hong in Canglong City, the hussar general Li Hong smashed his fist on the bookcase in front of him, and shouted angrily: "This rebel! What does he want to do! Does he want to destroy our entire Li family! ”

Li Chongwen, the father of the hussar general Li Hong and the current patriarch of the Li family, said urgently: "Don't talk about anything else, you hurry up and go to Baiyun Pass to bring Yi Feng back, once the Broken Army launches an attack on Baiyun Pass, it will be too late to say anything at that time." ”

The hussar general Li Hong nodded and said: "What my father said is very true, I will go to Baiyun Pass and tie up that rebel back!" ”