Standing on the desert, I feel that the sky and the earth are vast, and the desert is boundless.

After walking out of the desert, Xia Qing found that Panlong Pass was on the edge of the desert. After dawn, the group rushed to the outside of Panlong Pass under the escort of the masters of the Heaven and Earth Alliance, and all the masters of the Heaven and Earth Alliance dispersed one by one, lurking nearby as merchants, street vendors and wandering swordsmen, while Xia Qing and the others went straight to the military camp outside Panlong Pass.

Xia Yuanba learned the news and personally greeted him outside the camp.

"Big brother!"

Xia Qing's eyes lit up, and he quickened his pace to catch up, and had a bear hug with Xia Yuanba. Counting up, the two brothers haven't seen each other for a long time, and Xia Yuanba, who was already tall, has grown a lot taller, stronger than a black bear, "Big brother, have you been promoted to commander?"

Xia Qing found that Xia Yuanba had a wolf-headed sword hanging from his waist, which was the mark of the commander in the Yan Army.

"Of course, with your eldest brother and my ability, isn't it normal to be promoted to commander?" ha......"

Xia Yuanba laughed, after the tempering of the military camp, his body was stronger, but his personality was still so bold, "It's a pity that he is only the lowest-level centurion, and he can only command a hundred Xia Wangfu guards." Originally, it was no problem to be promoted to captain according to my military merits, but my father insisted that I was still too young and had to continue to train at the bottom, alas......"

is also a commander, and it can also be divided into several levels, the centurion is the lowest level, Xia Yuanba is a little sad. His dream is to lead an army of millions and become a military god like his father, but the reality is cruel, and he is only a small centurion after life and death.

"Big brother, you're a commander anyway, but I'm still a small soldier, alas. Xia Qing also sighed as Xia Yuanba learned from him, and said, "My dream in this life is to be a centurion. ”

"Stinky boy, the most hurtful" Xia Yuanba punched Xia Qing, and the two laughed.

"By the way, how is the situation with my father?" Xia Qing got down to business, this time he went down the mountain, on the one hand, to deal with the Blood Demon Sect Blue Blood Ancestor, and on the other hand, to visit his father.

"Father, he ......"

Xia Yuanba's face was solemn, and he couldn't be happy when he talked about his father's injury, and said in a deep voice: "My father's injury is very serious, and he personally rushed to the front line to attack Panlong Pass some time ago, and he was accidentally hit by a stray arrow. Before the injury was healed, he was attacked by the Blue Blood Ancestor, and the guards couldn't stop it at all, but fortunately, the masters of the Heaven and Earth Alliance arrived quickly. Otherwise, I'm afraid that our Yan Kingdom will change the sky. ”

"I'll go see my father first, and I'll talk to you about other things later. Xia Qing also became solemn, listening to Xia Yuanba's tone, his father Xia Changkong's situation was not optimistic.

"Wait, it's not the time yet. ”

Xia Yuanba grabbed Xia Qing, "Second brother, my father is healing now, I can't be disturbed in any way, I'll talk about it later." I have arranged a station for you, all the way from Wuzhou, you are also tired, let's rest first. Father, I'll call you when he wakes up. ”

Xia Qing pondered for a while and nodded, "It's okay." ”

"This way. Xia Yuanba led the way in front.

"Big brother, is Panlong Pass really so difficult to attack?" Xia Qing asked, following Xia Yuanba, and glanced up at the dark Panlong Pass in the distance. This ancient pass, the city wall is at least more than 20 meters high, both sides are steep stone walls, it has always been easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is the important town of the Western Regions of the Dakang Dynasty, known as the first pass in the world. Capture this Xiongguan, the rear is a horse Pingchuan, Yan State Iron Cavalry can go deep into the hinterland of the Dakang Dynasty, and even the soldiers point directly at the capital of the Dakang Dynasty.

"It's difficult, it's difficult! The defender of the city is Wang Shouyi, a veteran of the Dakang Dynasty, who is notoriously conservative and cautious, no matter how we provoke it, we will not go out of the city, relying on the terrain to defend it, and we can continuously replenish materials and troops, and we can't attack it at all. In this time, we have lost at least 100,000 elite soldiers here. ”

Xia Yuanba's face was full of sadness, and when he talked about Panlong Pass, he had a feeling of helplessness.

After Emperor Dakang Zhao Zixuan was defeated and Wuzhou's vitality was greatly injured, Xia Changkong, who had been dormant for a long time, decisively led the Yan State Iron Cavalry out of the desert and quickly swept through the entire Western Regions. As long as the Panlong Pass is captured, the position of the hegemon of the Western Regions can be truly established, and internally it can concentrate on governing the Western Regions, and externally it can prevent the Dakang Dynasty from invading the west again, and even invade the hinterland of the Central Plains. But now, with the strength of the entire Yan Kingdom concentrated, it was still unable to capture Panlong Pass.

Xia Qing was silent, remembering the three words Wang Shouyi, he was not very interested in worldly things, and he had no experience in the army, so he couldn't make any good suggestions in attacking Panlong Pass, "What about the Blood Demon Gate, did the Blue Blood Ancestor come back later?"

"No, after the assassination, we strengthened our guards so much that no one could sneak in. However, it is difficult to take revenge, the old devil's mana is boundless, and the Blood Demon Gate claims to have hundreds of millions of demons. We have sent several groups of people to take revenge, but all of them have failed, no one can come back, and the great masters of the life and death realm have gone and never returned!" Xia Yuanba said hatefully, eager to kill the Blood Demon Sect, but unfortunately he was powerless.

"A gentleman takes revenge, ten years is not too late, don't be in a hurry, big brother, don't be impulsive, protect your father well. Xia Qing's voice was low, he didn't show the slightest idea of killing the Blood Demon Gate, the eldest brother was impulsive and reckless, and there were some things that Xia Qing didn't want to say more in front of him.

"But...... , well, more on that later. ”

Xia Yuanba was obviously unwilling, but after thinking about it, he swallowed his words. Originally, he was going to join forces with Xia Qing to kill the Blood Demon Gate, and the two brothers killed the Blue Blood Ancestor together to take revenge, but thinking about the power of the Blue Blood Ancestor and the Blood Demon Gate, he had to endure it, and it was nothing for him to die in the Blood Demon Gate, worried that Xia Qing would be affected.

Xia Qing was silent, and the two brothers walked silently. Xia Qing found that the eldest brother Xia Yuanba has inadvertently matured a lot, and his military career can really sharpen people, and everyone has changed.

A team of patrol soldiers came head-on, stopped on the side of the road and waited for Xia Qing and Xia Yuanba to pass before continuing their patrol. The camp was heavily guarded, and the closer it was to the tent of Yan Wang Xia Changkong, the more soldiers patrolled. Xia Qing carefully observed all the way, and gradually felt relieved, and continued to move forward, seeing many familiar faces, and meeting many of his father's old subordinates and people in Xia Wang's mansion.

A maid walked out of the tent, holding a pastry in her hand, lowered her head and almost bumped into Xia Yuanba, and hurriedly saluted, "Slave and maid are rude, see the eldest young master and the younger young master." ”

"Be careful next time. ”

Xia Yuanba commanded, and led Xia Qing to a tent not far away.

"Yes!"

The maid's body trembled, and she seemed to be very nervous, and she was so nervous that she didn't dare to raise her head.

Xia Qing didn't say anything, but the moment she walked by the maid, she accidentally found that the maid's body was trembling all the time, but the hands holding the tray were steady, and the tray on her hands did not move at all, which was surprisingly stable.