On the endless snowfield, Su Qianjue walked alone, leaving a column of lonely footprints on the snow-covered ground. Following the footprints behind him, an endless snow-capped mountain loomed in the wind and snow.....

And some distance from the front, a majestic pass stands majestically.

Hanyuguan.... Looking at the city standing in the ice and snow from afar, Su Qianjue had a trace of reminiscence on his face.

Twenty years later, the tall and sturdy city wall is still standing tall, and the perennial ice and snow erosion has not left the slightest trace on it.

Hanyu Pass is a Xiongguan set up by Daqi in the northern region today, and it is the forefront of the protection of the northern border of Daqi. Facing the open snowy ice field, in the middle of the city wall is a wide avenue that can accommodate more than a dozen horse-drawn carriages in parallel. The most surprising thing was that there was no gate at the exit, only a hundred guards who were in charge of guarding and checking the people of the caravan. There were only 2,000 soldiers standing guard on the city walls, and there were only 50 people in the city.

Why is it that as the gateway to the north of Great Qi, the defense force is so weak? Although it is a truce now, if the foreign barbarians suddenly break the contract and attack, how can they resist, I am afraid that they will be captured in an instant, right?

But the people in the city have never had this concern, once there were foreign merchants when they came to Hanyu Pass, there were such doubts, and every person who was asked had a proud look on their faces, smiled and shook their heads disdainfully about what they asked.

If it had been thirty years ago, there would have been no one here.... And after the arrival of that man thirty years ago, the place began to be reborn.

Five hundred years ago, ten countries on the land of the Central Plains stood side by side and wars broke out, and the people of the Central Plains were miserable. At that time, although the Quartet forces outside the Central Plains were not strong, they were also eyeing from the sidelines, and now the Great Qi is among the ten countries of the Central Plains. Until the greatest sage monarch who is known as the founding of the Great Qi succeeded to the throne, he carried out a series of statecraft policies in just ten years to rapidly develop and grow the weak Great Qi into the ranks of powerful countries, and in the next five years launched a war to gradually encroach on the countries, and then broke them one by one, unified the Central Plains, thus ending the thousand-year-long rebellion of the countries, and repelling the northern barbarians with the momentum of unifying the Central Plains.

Today, 500 years later, Daqi is still the sole ruler of this land, and its national power is still vigorous and has not declined in the slightest. In the past five hundred years, the Great Qi has not been so stable, and the barbarians in the Northern Regions of the Quartet have become stronger and stronger after years of development, and once again ignited the flame of invading the Central Plains. In the border land, there was constant friction between the Great Qi and the barbarians, and there were countless wars of all sizes, and there were many defeats. Fortunately, since that holy monarch, every emperor of Daqi has also been an amazing and brilliant person, which has made Daqi constantly reborn in countless tribulations.

So far, there are still many people among the people who say that it is because the holy monarch ended the thousand-year-old troubled times, and the people were stable, and the heavens felt that his merits were immeasurable, so he sent down graces, so that every emperor of Great Qi after him was a saint Ming Renjun.

Up to now, although the barbarians in the Northern Regions still covet the rich Central Plains, they dare not easily launch a national war in the face of the still strong Great Qi.

However, the small and medium-scale wars have never stopped, and the barbarians still frequently intrude on the northern borders of Daqi.

After the two sides lasted for a long time, the barbarians were in turmoil, and their internal forces were vying for power and profit, so they reached an agreement with Daqi, and the two sides stopped fighting and negotiated peace, and the barbarians promised not to attack the border of Daqi again.

At that time, the three forces of the Xiliang States, the Southern Xinjiang Hundred Ethnic Alliance, and the East China Sea Islands, which had just announced their submission to the Great Qi, had a slight change, so after discussion and consultation in the Zhongzhou Imperial Court, the Holy Lord decided to temporarily transfer half of the 1.5 million troops stationed in Hanyu Pass and disperse them to the other three passes to strengthen and prevent the three forces from making waves again. The remaining 750,000 troops retreated to Sandalwood Prefecture behind Hanyu Pass for deterrence. Only thousands of soldiers remained in Hanyu Pass, and at that time, Hanyu Pass had a door....

For a period of time after that, Hanyu Pass was the same as before, except for the bandits pretending to be hundreds of barbarian soldiers who still came to harass them every once in a while, there were no problems.

Until thirty years ago, the barbarians in the Northern Regions, who were in constant civil strife, suddenly gathered nearly 500,000 troops like crazy and attacked Hanyu Pass!

As a result, the city gates were breached, and the thousands of guards looked so powerless in the face of such an attack. Countless barbarian soldiers poured into the pass, killing the men, taking the women away, burning, killing and looting. In just half a day, except for the women who were taken away, there was no one alive in the entire city, and countless blood stained every floor tile in the city.....

After slaughtering the city, the army did not choose to retreat, but continued to march towards Sandalwood Prefecture. Due to the suddenness of the incident, by the time General Fang Yiwei, the general of the Great Qi Tiance who was guarding Tanmu Prefecture at that time, received the news that Hanyu Pass had been broken, the sound of horses' hooves had already approached the city!

Fortunately, there were still 750,000 troops stationed in Tanmu Prefecture, which resisted the attack of the barbarians in time. However, the good times did not last long, and there was a steady stream of troops gathering in the rear of the barbarians, a full army of one million!

A full 1.5 million, almost all the strength of the barbarians, this is definitely a long-planned conspiracy!

In the face of such a large number of local troops, General Fang did not panic, but quickly dispatched troops to resist the enemy army, and on the other hand, sent people to report to the imperial court for reinforcements.

At the same time, the other three forces outside the border of Daqi also quickly gathered troops under the tripartite pass, and did not attack, but successfully contained the Zhongzhou Imperial Court and did not dare to easily send troops to reinforce Sandalwood Prefecture, and Daqi was embattled for a while.

This turmoil was obviously premeditated, and the Quartet gathered all their forces, as if they were preparing to fight with Daqi.

The situation is becoming more and more severe, surrounded by enemies, the most unexpected thing is that for hundreds of years because of the weakness of the three forces that have been attached to the Great Qi, the tributary forces every year have actually shown the strength to make the Great Qi frightened, far from the weak appearance they showed on the surface of the Great Qi, they have been in Taoguang and obscurity! And also secretly reached an agreement with the barbarians to suddenly attack at the most critical time!

Although these three forces were only waiting for Chen and did not intend to attack, Daqi did not dare to take this risk, and for a while, the imperial court could not make a decision on whether to immediately transfer troops to aid Sandalwood Prefecture, and could only stalemate with the three forces.

A day later, outside the state border, the barbarian army was still attacking frantically, and in the barracks, Fang Yiwei kept giving orders to his subordinates, and this veteran who was already in his sixties had not closed his eyes all night. On the desk in front of him, there was a holy decree that had arrived in the middle of the night yesterday.

Looking at the holy decree that reads - the old general must block the barbarian offensive, I am working hard, and the reinforcements will arrive as soon as possible!

This Tiance general, who has experienced countless wars, can see at a glance the meaning of the holy decree, that is, there will be no reinforcements in a short time.

So..... Is there something wrong with the other three levels?

The veteran stood outside the tent, looking up at the gloomy sky and silent.

The storm is coming, is this another heavy rain?