On the north bank of the lower reaches of Chanshui, the huge Lantian battalion was built here, and after expansion again, the strength of the whole battalion has reached 20,000, becoming the largest mobile force of the Xia Empire in Guanzhong. With enough time and systematic training, the army became more refined.

In the large camp, the Xia State infantry army in several phalanxes was conducting drills, marching in formation, neatly aligned. On the stage, Liu Yuan stood with his back to his back, showing satisfaction with the performance of Lantian Xia Jun.

"It is indeed a strong soldier!" Liu Yuan chuckled: "But the elite soldiers still fight!" In the past few years, there have been no major wars, only training, I don't know if my Lantian soldiers are still the original warriors? ”

"Your Majesty, please rest assured!" When Helan Dangfu, the current Lantian lord, heard this, he immediately swore an oath: "All the soldiers are selected from the armies of our Xia Kingdom, and every soldier is a soldier with human life in his hands!" ”

During this time, Zhao and Wei became more and more restless. Lantian camp, he is very useful every day! Liu Yuan said in a solemn voice.

"The soldiers of the battalion are ready to fight for Your Majesty at any time!"

"That's it! I still need to go to Wuguan to inspect it, so I won't stay long! Liu Yuan nodded: "You continue to train!" ”

"Please lead the horse for Your Majesty and see him off!" Helan Dangfu stepped forward.

"Excuse me!" Liu Yuan waved his hand casually and walked slowly down the stone steps.

"Stop training, line up, and see off Your Majesty!" He commanded a small school beside him. Although Liu Yuan had orders, Helan Dangfu still needed to express it.

As soon as the order flag was displayed on the stage, the Xia pawns who were practicing in the school field immediately dispersed and gathered under the leadership of their respective generals, lined up on both sides, performed military salutes, and watched Liu Yuan.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty!" The soldiers sang in unison, and the sound shook the sky. Passing all the way, feeling the awe in the eyes of the soldiers on both sides, Liu Yuan smiled at the corner of his mouth.

"Your Majesty, get on!" As Zhang Rang shouted with all his might, under the escort of more than a thousand Su Guard sergeants, he left the camp, went southeast, and walked slowly.

......

"There are assassins!" When passing through the Lantian Valley, a shocking change occurred, and more than 200 "bandits" sprang out of the bushes in the valley, which caught the guard sergeant by surprise.

These people are obviously well-trained fighters, all of them are like wolves and tigers, and they directly hit Liu Yuan's royal driver, especially the two leaders, who are extremely fierce. Killing people is like a cow, easy and freehand.

Zhang Rang was a little panicked, and shouted bitterly: "Escort!" "Hundreds of shield-wielding guards surrounded Liu Yuan's royal car several times, resisting the dozen or so assassins who suddenly approached Liu Yuan's car.

"Panic what!" Liu Yuan snorted coldly, looked at the murderer outside the royal car, frowned and ordered: "Let Gao Shun solve it as soon as possible!" ”

"In Guanzhong, there is such an elite group of 'bandits'?" Glancing at Zhang Rang, Liu Yuan asked.

Lowering his head, Zhang Rangyu said: "Looking at its fierce and abnormal, the slaves are expected to be the followers, and after this, the princes of the East must be pushing the hands!" ”

"Yuan? Cao? Liu? Or Sun? Liu Yuan's face was as cold as iron.

After a long while, the sound of the fighting outside gradually subsided, and the guards who reacted, with one force, were by no means comparable to this kind of "rabble".

"Your Majesty, all the assassins have been captured and killed, and the head of the thieves has been injured and bound!" Gao Shun is in the royal driving road.

"Bring it on!"

The two leaders of the assassins, who had just behaved extremely "brilliantly", were escorted up, covered in embarrassment, scars, and blood, but they didn't even frown, obviously hard bones.

Forced to kneel on the ground, Liu Yuan poked his head out and asked with interest: "Tell me, who are you, and who are you instructed to dare to hit a stone with an egg and stab at me!" ”

"Henan Shia!"

"Henan Zhuao!"

Unexpectedly, the two of them replied very calmly without concealing it, looking directly into Liu Yuan's eyes without a trace of fear.

Zhu Ao glared at Liu Yuan angrily: "You Hulu, invade my Han and usurp the throne." People with lofty ideals from all over the world can kill you, why do you need to be instructed by others! ”

"Your Majesty, the slave has heard about these two people, and there is information about the two of them in the file of the black-clothed guard. Shi A, who is less subordinate to the famous swordsman Wang Yue in Luoyang, has his own method and is good at swordsmanship. Zhu Ao, a famous ranger in Henan, is a good and righteous man, and his statement is good. But before the age of two, he suddenly disappeared, and now it seems that he was hidden in Guanzhong, plotting against him, and he dared to assassinate him! Zhang Rang said beside him.

Shi A and Zhu Ao heard Zhang Rang's voice, looked at each other, and both had shocked faces. The legendary black-clothed guard, the eagle dog minions of Emperor Xia Liu Yuan, is really terrifying, and even small people like them have noticed it.

Glancing at the two of them, Zhang Rang leaned over to Liu Yuan's side and whispered to him: "Your Majesty, the slave has heard it, this Zhu Ao and Jia Kui have an old relationship, and the relationship is very good!" ”

"Jia Kui? Anyi Ling Jia Kui? Hearing this, Liu Yuan frowned.

"Exactly!"

In recent years, many upstarts have emerged in the political arena of the Xia State, such as Wang Chen and Wang Ling brothers in Taiyuan, Jia Kui in Hedong, and Yang Fu in Liangzhou. Liu Yuan attaches great importance to Jia Kui and has the mind to reuse it. But now, hearing that he had a good relationship with Zhu Ao, who was a stabbing driver, made Liu Yuan angry.

"Send someone and check it!" Liu Yuan commanded in a low voice.

"No!"

There were still Shi and Zhu kneeling at the bottom, Liu Yuan glanced at Shi A, playing with the taste: "I heard that you are traveling with Wang Yue, do you know where Wang Yue is now?" ”

Facing Liu Yuan's abrupt question, Shi A was a little puzzled, and said with respect: "Master Wang has been hiding in the rivers and lakes for many years, but I am afraid that his old man is tired of the chaos of the world, and he has found a quiet place, and he can't escape from the world!" ”

"Huh!" Liu Yuan shook his head a few times, and his pupils were full of smiles: "You will see Wang Yue soon!" ”

Hearing this, Shi A was even more puzzled.

"It's been almost twenty years, when Wang Yue sneaked into my palace alone, wanting to assassinate him. He alone killed and wounded dozens of my guards, almost allowing him to succeed. That was the closest I got to death in my life, Wang Yue, live up to the name of a swordsman! A long-term memory emerged in his mind, Liu Yuan said with emotion.

When Shi A heard this, he immediately struggled excitedly, and looked at Liu Yuan with expectation in his eyes: "I don't know, Master Wang, where is it now?" ”

"What do you say?" Liu Yuan sneered.

His body was a little paralyzed, and Shi Ah was depressed.

"Kill these two!" His expression returned to seriousness, and Liu Yuan ordered lightly.

"Just kill?" Zhang Rang asked Liu Yuan confirmatively: "Do you want the slaves to interrogate, maybe you can find out some useful information!" ”

"What can be gained from the nature of these two men? There's no need for that! ”

Looking at Zhu Ao, Shi A sighed: "Brother Justice, it seems that today is the time when you and I die!" ”

When Zhu Ao heard this, he smiled heartily: "If you fight for your life, you will die!" It's just that I couldn't stab this Emperor Hu, it's a pity, it's a pity! ”

Zhang Rang nodded, Gao Shun shouted lightly, "Move", and the guard sergeant on his side immediately pulled out a long knife, stabbed into the bodies of the two from behind, and slashed hard, cutting open the chests of the two. He groaned in pain, his pupils dilated, and he slowly lost his breath. Two famous knights died in Lantian Valley.

"I'm tired, pack up, and keep going!" Liu Yuan commanded lightly.

"No!"

After a while, Liu Yuan's imperial car moved again and headed in the southeast direction. There is a change of assassination, and this time, the vigilance of the Su Guards has been raised to a higher level.

......

Between the Qinling Mountains, the royal drive to the east, and walk on the Wuguan Road. Liu Yuan lay on his side on the cushion, propping his head and closing his eyes.

"Zhang Rang!" Suddenly, he called out, and his voice was slightly cold.

"The slave is here, what does Your Majesty command?" Hearing that something was wrong in Liu Yuan's tone, Zhang Rang's heart immediately lifted.

"Although I did not conceal this patrol, I did not make a big show of it. Shi, Zhu and others obviously came prepared, and the choice of location and timing of the assassination was also just right, do you know what this means? Liu Yuan's expression did not change, and he spit out word by word, hitting Zhang Rang's heart: "This means that my whereabouts have been determined and controlled by his peers, and the enemy country is so rampant in Guanzhong, what are you black-clothed guards doing!" Well? This is especially true of me, so what about my Great Xia officials? ”

Listening to Liu Yuan's stern reprimand, Zhang Rang panicked and knelt directly on the car: "This old slave's fault, please punish Your Majesty!" ”

More than 200 skilled fighters gathered and stabbed the driver, once again making Liu Yuan clearly realize that Guanzhong under his rule was not as calm as it was now. Secretly, I don't know how many enemy countries are buried in the shadows, and they can start turmoil at any time.

In the past two years, many of the Hu and Han officials in Shixia were assassinated by the Assassins. Here, in addition to those hot-headed Han "people with lofty ideals", there are more Zhao and Wei forces behind the scenes.

The Han Chen, such as the Xi Worried, was regarded as the first second minister, and he suppressed the old and young of the former Han Dynasty strongly, and attacked the strong and hated. As far as Liu Yuan knows, he has been assassinated several times. It was Liu Yuan who sent him some guards under the edict, so that he had to sleep peacefully.

In the face of the increasingly rampant darkness of hostile forces, Liu Yuan launched a wave of "spies" last year, carried out a large-scale purge of intermediaries in the area under his control, and pulled out many secret spy strongholds of Zhao, Wei and other forces. In Xia, Fang was much more peaceful.

But this time, the opponent actually set the target on himself, which really made Liu Yuan angry. The more flat Liu Yuan's expression was, the more frightened Zhang Rang became.

After knocking a few heads, the car pressed over the gravel on the road, producing a violent bump and breaking Zhang Rang's scalp.

Liu Yuan didn't open his eyes, and said coldly: "You can do it yourself, in the future, I don't want to hear the news that there are spies from other countries that are so rampant in China!" ”

"Your Majesty, rest assured! The old slave will never disappoint His Majesty again! Zhang Rang endured the pain, gritted his teeth, and assured Liu Yuan.

"I hope so!"

"Black-clothed guards, we must strengthen the monitoring of the country and send more people to protect the ministers of my Xia Kingdom. They are loyal to me, and I can't keep them in danger! Also, if you don't come and go, it's time for Zhao and Wei to move! Liu Yuan commanded lightly.

"No!"

Yu Shang County took a temporary break, declined the invitation of the Shang County Magistrate to welcome him into the city, and camped in the north of the city.

In a very ordinary camp, Zhang Rang was in the main seat, his expression was cold, and he did not have any humility in front of Liu Yuan at all. Kneeling below were several commanders subordinate to the black-clothed guards, their eyes swept towards a few people with gloomy eyes, making their hairs stand on end.

"Today's assassination made Your Majesty Long Yan furious, and Naigong was also reprimanded by Your Majesty!" Zhang Rang's tone was stern: "There is such a powerful group of thieves hidden in Guanzhong, and you don't even know it?" This is still exposed by his attack on His Majesty, and how many people are still hidden in the country? ”

"It's all my fault, and Zhang Weng is responsible!" One of them said in a deep voice: "I'll wait for this to mobilize my subordinates and conduct another investigation in the country!" ”

"Starting from this investigation of the bound assassins, I will find out the rats and ants hidden in the country one by one!" Zhang Rang said coldly: "Where did this guy come from, let me find out!" Send more people to monitor the safety of my Great Xia subordinates! ”

"No! Please rest assured! ”

"If something goes wrong again, you and I will not be able to protect our heads!" Zhang Rang pointed to the white towel that covered the wound on his forehead.

......

By the morning of the second day, Liu Yuan's patrol team arrived at Wuguan. Hearing the arrival of the royal car, the guard Zhang Xiu led the crowd to greet him.

"The last general, Zhang Xiu, welcome Your Majesty!"

"The general is exempt!" After getting out of the car and looking at Zhang Xiu, who was becoming more and more mature, Liu Yuan raised his hand warmly and behaved very kindly.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Since Zhang Ji's death, Zhang Xiu has become the backbone of his Zhang family, he does not have the prestige of his uncle, but now Xia Jun has received most of Dong Jun's legacy. Under the care of an "uncle", life is quite good.

He was ordered to guard the Wuguan Pass, and he stayed for several years, repairing the city, improving the defense, and guarding the gate of Guanzhong. After many years of commanding the army, he has become more and more like a general in Great Xia.

"General, you have the demeanor of your father!" Inspecting the city defense, Liu Yuan praised Zhang Xiu.

When it comes to Zhang Ji, Zhang Xiu can't help but be gloomy. Zhang Ji's death gave Zhang Xiu a knighthood, an official, a reward for houses and slaves in Chang'an City, and a lot of good land in Guanzhong. For Zhang Xiu, Liu Yuan is also very kind.

Guanzhong Sisai, Xiao Guan, Sanguan, Liu Yuan have all been satisfied. This Wuguan is the first time to come, as the gateway to Guanzhong, a place where soldiers must fight, and the geographical advantage is obvious. The north is surrounded by mountains, the south is dangerous, the city wall is nearly three miles long, and Liu Yuan garrisoned 3,000 troops here.

Standing on the east city, looking at the narrow path in front of the pass, twisting and turning, the surrounding valleys are deep and dangerous, and the mountains are endless.

"There is this pass, but it can be safeguarded!" Pressing lightly on the female wall, Liu Yuan sighed.

"Is there any movement on the Chu army's side?" Liu Yuan tilted his head and asked.

"Your Majesty!" Zhang Xiu's expression was a little solemn, and he replied: "The general of the Chu State has been stationed in Danshui County, and he is afraid that he will have a soldier's heart for Wuguan!" In the past two years, the state of Chu has mobilized heavy troops to Nanyang, and there are 20,000 elite soldiers on the side of Wancheng, and the Chu general Zhang Yun is stationed there! ”

"The mountain rain is coming, and the wind is full of buildings!" Liu Yuan let out a heavy sigh. Recently, Zhao, Wei, and Chu all began to increase their troops westward, pointing directly at the Liu Xia Pass. Behind this, I am afraid that he has been united, and in order to deal with him, Liu Yuan knows it in his heart.

"Fighting together, do you have the confidence to hold on?" Looking at Zhang Xiu, Liu Yuan chuckled.

"The last general will fight to the death for His Majesty!" Of course, Zhang Xiu would not say anything depressing.

"I will increase my troops with you by another 2,000, well, Li Le will assist you!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

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