Chapter 565: Tokens
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Nowadays, everyone calls this group "mad dogs", and no one knows when they will come out and bite you, so you must be vigilant at all times. At present, there are several teams that have the idea of taking the initiative to attack, after all, there is no such thing as a thousand days to prevent thieves, but there is little response, because there is no way to capture the position of this group of "mad dogs", it is often the east that appears once and the next time it is in the west, as a non-camp person, they do not have a fixed stronghold is the most troublesome thing.
At this time, Luo Han's advantages of having a strong force were revealed, and he directly mobilized troops and horses to deploy near his mansion, in this scene, soldiers were not existences that could be wantonly slaughtered. What's more, Luo Han is not only these people, but not to block the "mad dog", but to avoid the other party approaching him in groups, if it is an individual infiltration, the members of their own storm will deal with it.
In the year that Luo Han was recuperating, the White Lion Country did not do nothing. Since the successful attack on the Goshawk Kingdom, forcing the Goshawk Kingdom to be a vassal and providing money and soldiers, the White Lion Kingdom has been intensively training its soldiers and horses. For the matter of hegemony, Luo Han is like playing a game, and he is still a little looking forward to it, and his purpose is not just to deter neighboring countries as a hegemon for a while, but to establish a vast empire. Although small countries are somewhat difficult to conquer, large kingdoms can still be forcibly conquered, and the people's sense of belonging is much weaker. The only drawback is that the distance is too far away, and it is difficult to conquer without enough force. Luo Han's plan was to first build an army that was extremely strong in numbers and quality, then coerce the surrounding countries to assimilate by force, slowly disintegrate the people's sense of belonging, and finally truly turn these places into his own territory, and then bring the territories of the surrounding kingdoms under his command. In this way, it was possible to build an empire that spanned thousands of miles and had a population of millions. As for the so-called making the Goshawk Kingdom a vassal, it is just to squeeze the manpower of the Goshawk Kingdom, and at the same time strengthen itself, so that in the future, the Goshawk Kingdom will no longer have the strength to resist.
So far, through constant trade with the surrounding small countries, and the occasional dispatch of troops to take advantage of the exercises, the White Lion State is constantly establishing itself in the hearts of the people of these small countries, while weakening the prestige of the small royal family and weakening the sense of identity of the people.
In the seventh year of entering the trial ground, Luo Han finally fully recovered, his strength reached a higher level, and he no longer needed the protection of his teammates, and Luo Han finally commanded the growing beast of the White Lion Country to show its fangs again.
After the spring ploughing, the White Lion Kingdom gathered an army of 100,000 and marched eastward, launching an attack on the great power of the east, the Black Water Kingdom. Luo Han routinely incarnated as the puppet general's personal guard, secretly commanding this battle.
Compared to the corrupt and frightened Goshawk Kingdom, the Blackwater Kingdom was extremely angry about this, and they sent envoys as soon as possible, just like the Goshawk Kingdom, but instead of negotiating peace, they reprimanded the White Lion Kingdom for its atrocities. In the Blackwater Country, tens of thousands of troops were assembled, ready to enter the attacked subject country to resist the invasion of the White Lion Country.
But, does it work? Some are of little use. The 20,000 more troops this time than the last time are composed of a group of well-trained elites, their combat effectiveness is weaker than the regular elite troops of the White Lion Country, but they are stronger than the soldiers of the subject countries to help the war, perhaps compared with the elite, they are inferior to the experience and well-equipped.
Luo Han deliberately slowed down the pace of the attack, waited for the army of the Blackwater Country to arrive, and then had a head-to-head confrontation with it, completely defeating the army, and then approached the Heishui Country with the power of a great victory. The only thing to be thankful for is that this time, the White Lion Kingdom did not forcibly requisition young and strong from the occupied territory like the conquest of the Goshawk Kingdom, but just ransacked it like a normal invasion to make up for the consumption of the expedition. The reason for this is very simple, first, the White Lion Kingdom is worried that there will be too many young people forcibly requisitioned, and once the mutiny cannot be controlled, secondly, its first conquest target is the Goshawk Kingdom, and the Blackwater Kingdom is the second, only by severely weakening the strength of the Goshawk Kingdom can it ensure that it is unable to make trouble in the rear after being conquered.
Originally, it was just a military operation, but I got an unexpected news. There are rumors in the Blackwater Kingdom that there are descendants of the Shengke Kingdom that was replaced by the White Lion Kingdom to live in the Blackwater Kingdom, and from the perspective of the relocation time, it coincides with the disappearance of the Shengke Kingdom's heirloom token. In other words, the treasure that Han Qingwei guessed could restore the origin of life may be in the Black Water Country. Now that Luo Han has been blessed by misfortune, he will no longer cause serious damage to his body due to the opening of the second-order potential lock, and the only trouble is that he will cause a long energy recovery period due to the burst of cellular energy. If you can get this thing, and it is really the effect that Han Qingwei guessed, it can help Luo Han quickly get through the recovery period and return to his peak state in a short period of time. Luo Han had been salivating for a long time, but there had been no news before, so he had to give up. Now that there is news all of a sudden, where is the reason not to look for it?
Luo Han took a leave of absence and coerced the officials of the Heishui Kingdom with military force to help investigate the information of the descendants of the Shengke Kingdom, but since they fled to the Heishui Kingdom, the descendants of the royal family of the Shengke Kingdom would definitely be incognito, and it was difficult to find them from the household registration information. The only gain is to find out where this rumor came from, in Heicheng, in the north of the Blackwater Country.
Luo Han unceremoniously forced the officials of the Heishui Kingdom to give him a seal and a letter of appointment, so that he could ask the magistrate to obey the orders when he went to Heicheng to do business, and then let the army stay in the Heishui Country to ensure that the Heishui Country would not embarrass himself, and then went to Heicheng in disguise.
The Black City is not completely dark, and the reason why it is called the Black City is because it is next to a large river called the Black Water River. This place was supposed to be called Blackwater City, but because the Blackwater State is here, this is not the royal capital, so it is naturally not qualified to have the same name as the kingdom, so it is reduced by one word to become Blackwater.
Heishui River has also appeared in Journey to the West, it is the place occupied by the youngest son of the Dragon King of Jinghe, this little dragon is the same as Monk Sha, who occupied the river god Water Mansion and wanted to eat Tang Seng. However, this incident happened five years before the Tang monk and apprentice arrived at the Heishui River, at this time the Heishui River was still in charge of the river god, and Xiaolong had not yet arrived.
Luo Han dressed as a bearded man, came to the black city, asked for a pot of wine and a few snacks in a wine shop, drank it by himself, and listened to the chatter around him. At this time, most of the people talking about the invasion of the White Lion Country were naturally very much about it, and most of them were dissatisfied with the behavior of the White Lion Country, but at the same time, they were helpless that the White Lion Country was strong. Luo Han drank for a while, observed the situation around him, and finally locked on a middle-aged man in his forties. This person was dressed in a market dress, about forty years old, and although he spoke rudely, the people around him seemed to believe some of the things he said, even if some of them Luo Han knew were boasting, such as he said that the lord of the White Lion Country was a long-haired monster who ate people, and his mouth was as big as a sea bowl. This kind of person has a wide range of sources, and judging from his appearance, he doesn't look like a big person, most of them work in some well-informed place, and he grasps these rumors and things first.
Luo Han beckoned Xiao Er to serve a pot of good wine, walked to the middle-aged man's table with the wine jug, and asked, "Brother, can I have a drink with you?" ”
As soon as the middle-aged man heard that Luo Han asked for a pot of good wine, he was naturally greedy, so he said: "If you are destined to be a friend, please take a seat." ”
There was already someone opposite him, Luo Han sat down on the bench next to him, filled a cup for each of the few people on this table, and then said: "I just listened to your talk, this brother is very knowledgeable, I want to ask my brother about some old things, I will give you a glass to show your sincerity." After speaking, he tilted his neck and drank a glass of wine.
Everyone shouted for refreshment, although they had the heart to savor this good wine that they couldn't usually drink, but they didn't want to lose face, so they went on their own way.
Luo Han asked, "I don't know what my brother does, how can he know so many things?" ”
The middle-aged man said: "When I was young, I was a helper in a restaurant, and when I got older, I went to work as a coachman, and I naturally knew a lot of things when I went south and north." ”
Luo Han nodded with satisfaction, and then greeted Xiao Er: "This kind of wine just now, go to the altar." ”
Although Luo Han's clothes are not rich in order not to be conspicuous, it is more than enough to consume this kind of roadside wine shop, and Xiao Er is not worried about him defaulting on his debts, so he smiled and brought a jar over.
"Everyone can drink as much as you want, if it's not enough, I'll call it again."
Since there was a whole altar, everyone was not polite, and happily poured wine and began to drink, and even beckoned friends who were familiar with the surrounding tables to come over. Luo Han didn't care, he just asked the middle-aged man, "Brother, have you heard about the descendants of the Shengke Kingdom?" ”
The middle-aged man had some insight and knew that Luo Han must have asked for something if he was so generous, so he didn't rush to drink, so as not to make a mistake. Hearing Luo Han's question, the middle-aged man seemed to recall, and then nodded and said: "I've heard that this news was originally circulated in Heicheng, when I was still a guy in a restaurant, and I listened to drinkers talk about it every day for a while. ”
A man next to him interjected: "I said brother, you are asking the right person about this." Not only had he heard about it, but he had seen the man with his own eyes. ”
Luo Han was overjoyed, and hurriedly took out a gold coin from his arms, pinched it in the palm of his hand and stuffed it into the middle-aged man's hand, and said, "Brother Lao, talk to me well." ”
The middle-aged man exposed a slit in his palm, and when he saw that it was golden, his heart blossomed, but he didn't have much expression on his face, but said: "This matter is a long story, you come with me." My brother is out of company, so I'll invite you to drink another day. ”
Everyone looked disappointed, obviously very unhappy that the middle-aged man couldn't continue to drink. Luo Han hurriedly greeted Xiao Er, served another jar of wine, took out the cash and settled the account, which calmed everyone's dissatisfaction and followed the middle-aged man to leave the wine shop.
Walking on the street, the middle-aged man immediately revealed his true form, took out the gold coin and brought it to his eyes, only revealing a slit to look at it, so as not to be seen by passers-by, and gritted his teeth to confirm the authenticity, and then put it away with satisfaction, and said: "What do you want to know, just ask, the little one must know everything." ”
Although he is called a brother verbally, the middle-aged man knows that the person who can take out the gold coins to inquire about the news is not a brother with a person like him at all, so he unconsciously lowers the level between words, which is always inevitable in this era.
Luo Han didn't care about the middle-aged man's tone, and said: "That's the case, in fact, I have some connections with the Shengke Kingdom, and this time I suddenly came back from a foreign land, and I was very embarrassed to know that the Shengke Kingdom had been destroyed." When I heard that the descendants of the Saint Ke Kingdom of the White Lion Country had been killed, I was disappointed. After coming to the Black Water Country, I overheard the news of the descendants of the Shengke Kingdom, and remembered the old things more than twenty years ago, so I wanted to meet these people. ”
The middle-aged man didn't care about the truth of Luo Han's words, and said, "Then you may be disappointed." If you had been here twenty years earlier, I would have known, but the family moved out more than a decade ago, and I don't know if they were there or not alive. ”
Luo Han said: "It's okay, tell me what you learned back then, maybe you can give me some help." You can rest assured, the benefits are indispensable to yours. ”
The middle-aged man said: "It's been a long time, you let me think about it...... That was twenty years ago, and rumors had been circulating for a while, all of them said that there was a palace civil strife in the Kingdom of Shengke, and a prince was forced to flee the Kingdom of Shengke and live incognito in the country of Blackwater. And I heard some people with identity say that although the Shengke Kingdom announced to the public that a prince had died of a sudden illness, the Shengke Kingdom did not think so, no one saw the prince's body, and what was publicly buried was just an empty coffin, so I don't think this rumor is completely out of nowhere. ”
"But I didn't expect that I would actually run into that prince. One day, I saw a young man in tattered clothes come to the restaurant and sit down, I didn't think he had money to drink, so I unceremoniously blasted him out, but I didn't expect him to take out a piece of jade pendant in a hurry and said that it was used to pay for wine. I thought it was fake, so I went to find someone to identify it, but the master of the jade shop told me that it was the identity of the royal family of the Shengke Kingdom. I was frightened at the time, although the Shengke Kingdom couldn't control our Blackwater Kingdom, but after all, it was a royal family, and I actually offended him like that. He thought about it, how could any royal family dress like this? You're a beggar. I think this person must have stolen this thing from somewhere, and I have confidence in my heart, thinking if I can take the opportunity to blackmail him, and I will definitely not dare to say anything about what he stole. But when I went back, the man was gone, and I thought he was a thief, and I didn't take it seriously, so I secretly left the jade pendant. But a few days later, when I came home, I met the man again. ”