In the face of the praise pouring from all over the world, as well as the envious and jealous eyes of countless Ashina's younger generation, Fan Zhongju was far less calm than he looked on the outside. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Although in front of people, Fan Zhongju has always behaved appropriately and politely. Even being sarcastically ridiculed by a group of young people from the Ashina family in a weird tone of yin and yang, he couldn't hold back and didn't have a seizure on the spot.

But in fact, Fan Zhongju has been alone in the house for an hour every day recently, and no one has been seen during this period, claiming to be indifferent to the outside world. But if you look closer, he is in the house, quietly smirking at the wall alone, the corners of his mouth pulling out a strange arc, and he keeps smiling. If someone saw him like this, he would have to scare a few timid people to death.

After all, it is a young man in his thirties, and it is the time when he is keen on fame and fortune and eagerly hopes to become famous. This time he has made such a great contribution and received a wave of praise, and it is rare to be able to stand in front of people without showing his ugliness.

After receiving his father's repeated orders, Fan Zhongju also knew that this was the most critical time in his life, so he didn't dare to invite his former fox friends and dog friends to celebrate together.

is obviously ecstatic in his heart, but for his own great future, he can't show half a point in front of people. At this time, there are many pairs of eyes staring at the second son of Fan Guoshi, who was once a gentleman. Fan Zhongju can only use this weird way to secretly vent his inner emotions.

Fan Guoshi is right about what he planned for his son, there is an absolute heavyweight, who has been secretly paying attention to Fan Zhongju's performance in the past few days, and secretly inspecting Fan Zhongju.

This person is Ashina Huo'er, the general of the Tuliao State, the general, and the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses...... He has too many official positions.

After secretly observing for a while, Ashina Huo'er realized that Fan Zhongju was indeed a manufacturable material, inheriting his father's fine bloodline. In fact, originally, Ashina Huo'er was more optimistic about Fan Guoshi's eldest son, Fan Jipin.

It's a pity that since Fan Jipin was injured, he has completely disappeared in front of people. Over the years, Ashina Huo'er has been looking for young and promising young people in the Tuliao Kingdom and wants to cultivate them. Don't look at the fact that he is now leading the army alone and has exclusive authority, but he is indeed loyal to the country and wants to choose materials for the country.

It's a pity that the younger generation of the Ashina family, who are promising, were all damaged in the brave battle with the Dingbei garrison regiment in the Guannei. The rest are all fools who have been eroded by the looted wealth, and they can't even ride a horse or draw a bow.

Since the last time Fan Zhongju returned from his meritorious service, Ashina Huo'er has begun to pay attention to this youngest son of Fan Guoshi. After so many years, it is hard to find a decent seedling, but you have to observe it carefully. This is also a major reason why Ashina Huo'er not only did not stop the last time Fan Guoshi reorganized the selection of the front horse, but also gave a lot of convenience.

He wanted to take a good look at Fan Zhongju, this kid, whether it was a piece of iron and steel, or a silver spear head, looking shiny and terrifying, it was actually soft and useless.

After some observation, Ashina Huo'er felt that Fan Zhongju, this kid, really didn't disappoint him, and he was capable. It is already rare to make such a great contribution this time, and it is even more rare to be able to maintain calm after the meritorious service, without the frivolity of young people.

Ashina Huo'er thought about it for a while, and gave Fan Zhongju more opportunities so that he could grow up smoothly. Grow into the pillar of the Tuliao State, help the Tuliao State stabilize the situation, resist the attack of the Dingbei garrison, and help the Tuliao State to make a comeback in the future.

At the moment of the great enemy, there is no room for Ashina Huo'er to consider the question of why Fan Guoshi will have too much authority because of this, and he must first find a way to keep the national throne before he can consider the distribution of power in Tongwan City, right?

Ashina Huo'er also vigorously appeased the powerful people of the Ashina family, persuading them not to be impatient and not to mess around when the national crisis was at hand. Ashina Huo'er is speaking now, and he still has a lot of weight among the powerful people, so this time Fan Zhongju was not troubled by those powerful people of the Ashina family.

But after Ashina Huo'er worked hard to appease the magnates in the lower clan and design a glorious future for Fan Zhongju, the rising general of the Tuliao Kingdom, he suddenly found that Fan Guoshi seemed to have a lot of opinions about this, and he did not plan to let his son lead the army again.

Since Fan Zhongju returned from his meritorious service, Fan Guoshi has never re-recruited Xuan Feng Cai. And no matter how others praise Fan Zhongju, Fan Guoshi has always been indifferent, saying that his son is not a weapon, and he deserves these praises.

After thinking about it for a while, Ashina Huo'er felt that he had guessed what Fan Guoshi thought, which was nothing more than abolishing an eldest son for the country, and now he wanted to keep this younger son and leave a queen for himself.

Thinking of this, Ashina Huo'er also has some understanding of Fan Guoshi's father's heart. At the same time, Ashina Huo'er felt that Fan Guoshi was really no longer keen on power, and now he was still in control of the country's affairs, which was nothing more than worrying about the nobles of Ashina, for fear that they would completely collapse the Tuliao State. Truth be told, Ashina Huo'er also doesn't like his own relatives who are incompetent and greedy. If Fan Guoshi is keen on power, he should push his son to come out and take charge of the military at this time, how can he refrain like this?

But at present, the national crisis is at hand, and it is a pity that a promising young man like Fan Zhongju cannot serve the country. Well, let's go and persuade it yourself.

This time, Ashina Huo'er personally came to the door, retreated left and right, and privately discussed with Fan Guoshi, asking for Fan Mandu (this is the title that Fan Zhongju newly obtained for his military merits after returning to Tongwan City, which is equivalent to the marquis of Guannei) to send more selected front cavalry to fight with him to block the advance of the Dingbei garrison.

Fan Guoshi is worthy of being an old drama bone, after listening to Ashina Huo'er's words, he obviously had 110,000 wishes in his heart, but his face was forced to squeeze out tears in less than a second.

And first it was a small cry, and then it turned into a howling cry. Fan Guoshi, a high-ranking and powerful person for decades, cried in front of him, and Ashina Huo'er was directly stunned by crying.

After crying for a while, Fan Guoshi secretly glanced at the expression on Ashina Huo'er's face and knew that he had been tricked.

Then, Fan Guoshi began to perform next, and he began to cry that he had given away an eldest son for the country, and even he was seriously injured. It is only because of Emperor Taizu Yuan's deathbed entrustment, and the deep friendship with Emperor Taizu Yuan for many years, that he has barely supported the government and made his last contribution to the Liao State over the years. I don't want to, but I was suspicious for no reason, not only was I suppressed in political affairs, but even the young son wanted to serve the country before, and I was said to covet military power.

This time he cried and said that Fan Guoshi played a good singing and reading, an absolute actor-level performance.

Even Ashina Huo'er, an old fritter who was used to the rivers and lakes, was finally moved by it and turned red. Ashina Huo'er patted his chest and assured Fan Guoshi, reassuring him that there would never be a noble Ashina to him in the future, and if anyone dared to talk nonsense, he would not be able to get along with his boss and the 300,000 elites in his hands!

After being humble again, Fan Guoshi was finally moved by Ashina Huo'er, nodded in agreement, and then sent his young son to serve the country.

It's done, and the acting is over. Fan Guoshi can finally boldly recruit the Xuanfeng Cavalry.

Immediately afterwards, Fan Guoshi used the resources in his hand to arm his second child with 100,000 front riders. This time, Fan Guoshi also secretly handed over the 10,000 Xuanfeng Riders who had been secretly trained by himself for half a month to Fan Zhongju.

"This 10,000 selected front riders are the elite trained by my father. On the battlefield, this cavalry is not allowed to be used until the critical moment of victory or defeat. If something is wrong, you must bring back this 10,000 Chosen Frontrunners. After Fan Guoshi said a few words to his son, he suddenly lowered his voice and whispered a few words.

Fan Zhongju listened, his face was full of surprise, and he looked up at his father.

Fan Guoshi exuded his original qi and sensed that there was no one around, so he said in the lowest voice: "This medicine is also a new collection of some secrets handed down by the founding ancestor of the Ping Zhou Dynasty, and it was successfully developed. After taking this medicine, within two hours, ordinary soldiers will be like strong people in the strong realm, and their combat power is extremely strong. But afterwards, these soldiers will become waste. Therefore, unless the war is at the most critical moment, it must not be used. ”

Fan Zhongju nodded solemnly, firmly remembering his father's advice. The Xuanfeng cavalry was temporarily withdrawn, and the Dingbei garrison naturally continued to advance.

Commander Liu adhered to the principle of not advancing and fighting steadily, and always pushed the main force of the headquarters forward with the fortress, step by step, and marched towards Tongwan City in a down-to-earth manner.

The fifteenth new fort is almost complete.

On this day, Li Deyi was going out to inspect with the elite cavalry as usual, when he suddenly heard the herald's report and asked him to go to his brother's place.

When he came to his senior brother's tent, Liu Yishou was staring at a secret military information in his hand.

"It seems that this matter is a bit serious, and Senior Brother didn't even notice that I came in." Li Deyi said secretly in his heart. coughed, Li Deyi: "Senior brother, what's the matter with calling me?" ”

"Oh? Here you are, come and see this. As he spoke, Liu Yishou handed the military information in his hand to Li Deyi.

After a few quick glances, Li Deyi couldn't help but be surprised: "This Fan Zhongju is actually the commander of the Feng Cavalry?" He commanded the battle so stupidly that he could also be the commander of an army? I'm afraid there is no one in the Tuliao Kingdom. ”

Liu Yishou obviously disagreed with his junior brother's opinion.

"Although Fan Guoshi favors his son, he is by no means a fool. He knew very well that with the current strength of our Dingbei Garrison Regiment, attacking and destroying Tongwan City was not just talking. At this time, if Fan Zhongju didn't really have some ability, Fan Guoshi would never risk the country's destruction and push him to a high position. Ashina Huo'er is also ours

Old adversary, this man is very shrewd and cunning. If Fan Zhongju is really a fool, how can he not see it? Liu Yishou proceeded from the facts and analyzed.

Li Deyi: "Then why did he fight like that in the previous battle?" ”

Liu Yishou had read the previous report on the battle between his own Yiren cavalry and the Xuanfeng cavalry, and he also knew that the battle of the Xuanfeng cavalry was inexplicable, and it was really not clever.

"That's it, let's not care about what this model is. His father, Fan Guoshi, is our old opponent, and since our old opponent has made a move now, whether it is a false shot or not, we must be careful to guard against it. In the case of difficult decision, Liu Yishou decided to respond to all changes with no change.

Prepare defensively before moving forward.

Now the main force of the Dingbei garrison regiment is more than 100,000 soldiers and horses all stationed in the vast grassland, once there is any accident, it is difficult to estimate the consequences, so Liu Yishou has to take the most cautious method.

Subsequently, the Yiren cavalry led by Wang Meng was assigned a heavier reconnaissance mission, and the reconnaissance cavalry was scattered as far as 300 miles, keeping an eye on every move of the surrounding grassland at any time.

At the same time, Liu Yishou sent his junior disciples to personally go out to be responsible for transporting building materials back and forth, and stepping up the construction of forts.

This sixteenth fortress, Liu Yishou does not plan to build it as simply as before. He intended to transform it into a strong fortress capable of keeping the garrison on defense at critical moments.

To achieve this, the first step is to have enough building materials. The materials required for this sixteenth fort are more than ten times that of other ordinary forts, and logistics must be intensified.

Fortunately, there is a new four-wheeled carriage, otherwise it would have been enough to choke. Moreover, for the battle of the Eastern Expedition to unify Wancheng, the Dingbei Garrison Regiment mobilized no less than one million people, and tossed and turned day and night on the road from Dingbei County to the front camp. Such a large amount of manpower is also the key to ensure that this fortress can be built smoothly.

When the main building of the sixteenth fortress was completed, Li Deyi somehow whimsically built several chest-high low walls outside the fortress according to the style of a "fortress" mentioned in the book "The Romance of Taizu Dingchao".

This kind of fortress is said to be the original creation of the versatile Pingzhou founding Taizu. It's just that his old man swept the world too fast and fiercely back then, so there was no need to build this kind of fortress that was purely defense-oriented.

The only vestiges that still exist in the world today are the four earthen pedestals on the four corners of the ruined Nakajin Castle that have been eroded by wind and rain for hundreds of years.

After the founding Taizu of the Ping Zhou Dynasty ruled the world, he built Zhongshen City as the imperial city, and then built four fortresses in the southeast and northwest of Zhongshen City, which were used to defend the Beijing Division.

It's a pity that the Ping Zhou Dynasty was too powerful when it was founded, and it was so strong that there had never been a war in three hundred years. Therefore, the emperors of later generations were no longer willing to follow the ancestral teachings and spend money and effort to repair the four fortresses of the Gongwei Jingshi. They thought that the Dou dynasty would last forever.

When the iron hooves of the Tuliao Kingdom stepped through the Zhongshen City, the four barren hill fortresses, with withered grass all over their bodies, seemed to mock the magnificent Zhongshen City that had been turned into wreckage in blood and fire.

Therefore, in this world, no one believes that the kind of fortress built by the founding ancestor of the Ping Zhou Dynasty has any amazing defensive effect. Otherwise, why did Zhongshen City fall?

Li Deyi is still the first one who is willing to try. But he didn't have that much time, and he didn't have that much manpower and material resources on this grassland, so he could build such a complex fortress.

Therefore, Li Deyi simply imitated and built a few defensive walls outside the fortress.

The Dingbei garrison regiment continued to advance steadily.

Tongwancheng, Ashina Huo'er and Fan Guoshi obviously did not intend to sit still. Now the position of the main force of the Dingbei garrison regiment is only more than a thousand miles away from Tongwan City. The detectives on both sides rode fast horses and galloped, and they could arrive in a day and night.

This position has already entered the reconnaissance realm of the scouts under the command of Ashina Huo'er. Ashina Huo'er obviously wouldn't just let the Dingbei garrison continue to advance.

Soon, Tongwan City had a move.

Fan Zhongju took 80,000 Xuanfeng cavalry, as the vanguard, to the northeast of the Dingbei garrison regiment, 200 miles northeast, and set up camp.

Ashina Huo'er took 60,000 captive troops, 20,000 golden wolf cavalry, and a transcendent realm talent, 10,000 wolf teeth, to the middle of the Dingbei garrison and Tongwan City, blocking the way of the Dingbei garrison.

Obviously, Fan Zhongju and Ashina Huo'er joined forces to put on a common trick in front of the Dingbei Garrison, wanting to stop the Dingbei Garrison.

At this moment, when he met Ashina Huo'er, an old opponent, again on the grassland, Captain Liu was obviously much more cautious than when he was in the pass.

The grassland is not comparable to Kannai. The terrain in the pass is undulating and dangerous, and there are many lofty mountains and mountains, and the Dingbei garrison regiment can often rely on geographical advantages, and the Tuliao cavalry is worried about difficulties.

However, this grassland has always been the world of the Tuliao cavalry. In this boundless, gently undulating grassland, the Tuliao cavalry has an incomparable huge advantage.

They can choose any time and from any direction to attack the Dingbei garrison.