Chapter 496: Perseverance
Zhao Feng put down the wooden statue and lifted the bronze medal again, this small card has "cliff" written on one side but a strangely shaped unicorn beast is drawn on the other, which is the clan card of the cliff tribe back then, and it is also the identity card of Zhao Feng's mother in the cliff tribe.
Speaking of barbarians, Zhao Feng knows a lot, since he knew the origin of his mother, Zhao Feng spent a lot of effort to find the records of barbarians. The barbarians of the Western Realm, speaking of which, are still one of the vassals of the Tiantai Kingdom, and their current situation is indeed not very good.
The history of the West, and the embarrassing situation of the West, have also been around for a long time. When the Tentai Kingdom raised its army in this vast plain where Kyoto was located, and expanded in all directions, its main opponents were the Yi people in the east, the barbarians in the west, the herdsmen in the north and the natives in the south. The Tiantai Kingdom evaluated these four opponents, the southern Xinjiang is poor, the northern Xinjiang is horizontal, the eastern border is leng, and the western barbarians do not want to die. Because of this, the Tiantai Kingdom successively defeated the southern frontier, the northern frontier, and the eastern frontier, and finally attacked the western frontier.
The environment in the west is harsh, the people are fierce, and it is close to the most bizarre place in the Donghong Continent - the Foggy Moon Forest. This forest area is vast, the trees are high, the forest is dense, and the swamps are all over, and there are countless fierce beasts living in it, and there are even spirit beasts and wild beasts that occupy the king. Therefore, according to legend, there are divine beasts in the depths of the forest, and whenever the divine beasts wake up, the frightened beasts, spirit beasts, and wild beasts will rush out of the forest, forming a beast tide to impact the western realm. In order to protect the homeland, whenever the beast tide comes, the western tribes will work together to fight, and even build hundreds of miles of high city walls for this purpose. Because of this, the Tiantai Kingdom also prepared for a long time before daring to provoke a war, and as a result, in that war, the western border was of course seriously damaged, and the Tiantai Kingdom fought extremely tragically.
In that year, the 400,000 troops of the Tiantai Kingdom marched to the west. The various tribes of the Western Territory took advantage of the difficult terrain to launch snipers, and although each ambush did not suffer much damage, the Tiantai Kingdom was finally led into a canyon. Here, they were ambushed by the coalition forces of various departments, and in the face of the tall and brave barbarians, the Tiantai army really did not resist, and they were beaten and lost their armor and fell for thousands of miles. Unexpectedly, it happened that there were signs of the beast tide in the Misty Moon Forest, and the barbarians had to give up the pursuit and rush to the frontier to fight against the beast tide. Seeing the opportunity, the Tiantai army killed a horse gun, and finally occupied the largest city in the west, Blood Alliance City. This Blood Alliance City is not only the largest city in the West, but also a place of sacrifice for the barbarians in the West.
The Blood Alliance City occupied by the Tiantai Kingdom in one fell swoop, this great achievement inspired the Tiantai Kingdom, and the reinforcements of the Tiantai Kingdom soon drove to the west again, hoping to pacify the barbarians in the west in one fell swoop. But what the generals of Tiantai don't know is that the barbarians are indeed not afraid of death, but they are not brainless, the capture of the Blood Alliance City this time is actually a bait put by the barbarians, otherwise, with the geographical advantage of the Blood Alliance City, it is almost impossible to capture it. This time, the Tiantai Kingdom captured the Blood Alliance City, and of course it was unwilling to retreat. The Tiantai Imperial Court urgently summoned a group of reinforcements and headed towards the western border, which was bound to level the western border in one fell swoop. What they didn't know, though, was that the barbarians had opened the gates of the border gates and allowed the beasts to tide up. The barbarians have fought against the beast tide for hundreds of years, and it is easy to introduce the beast tide into the predetermined battlefield. This time, countless beasts were led to the Blood Alliance City by the barbarians, and in the face of endless beasts, the Tiantai army, which encountered the beast tide for the first time, was lost. When the monarch led reinforcements to arrive, only 30,000 of the more than 300,000 troops remained, and even the commander of the army had already died in battle.
In the face of such a tragic situation, the Heavenly Thai Monarch and the Manchu Dynasty were about to go crazy, they never knew that this legendary beast tide was so terrifying, and they only then knew how important the barbarians of the Western Realm were to them. At this time, countless soldiers from the western frontier have returned from the frontier, and as a last resort, the heavenly monarch has no choice but to propose peace talks, otherwise, he may not be able to leave the western border. The envoy of the Western Realm was the high priest Bloodtooth who led the various tribes, and when he limped out, everyone in the Tiantai Kingdom was completely stunned. I saw that the high priest was as thin as wood, covered in blood, and one sleeve was empty, but he still carried a bloody iron rod in his hand. Seeing this scene, the people of the Tiantai Kingdom completely gave up the plan of the western realm, and turned to form an alliance with the western realm, known as the alliance of beast blood, the two sides agreed that the western realm nominally belongs to the Tiantai Kingdom, and the Tiantai Kingdom can recruit troops in the western realm, but it is necessary to provide weapons to the western realm to fight against the beast tide, and it is not allowed to prevent the barbarians from returning to the western realm.
The barbarians made a covenant of beast blood with the interior of Tiantai, which seemed to be beneficial to both sides, but in fact, it concealed a killing move for the Tiantai court, and also laid the groundwork for the division of the barbarians in the western realm hundreds of years later. In the following hundreds of years, the brave and warlike barbarians in the west, in order to seek military merits, joined the army of the Tiantai Kingdom a lot, and there were many knights who accumulated military merits, but most of them returned to the west, but there were also a few barbarians who chose to base themselves in the interior of Tiantai, and after hundreds of years of development, they formed a pattern of seventeen barbarian nobles.
Of course, there are also individual barbarian aristocrats, who either admire the culture of the hinterland, or are not optimistic about the future of the barbarians, so they gradually integrate into the hinterland. On the surface, these seventeen nobles have not betrayed their ancestors, and every time there is a beast tide, some clan soldiers will rush to the west to participate in the war. In fact, these nobles have already moved their roots to the interior of Tiantai, forming a pattern of tribes in the west and fiefs in the interior.
Nowadays, the situation of the barbarians in the western realm is not very good, and it can be said that they are worried about external and internal troubles. If he finds them, they are very willing to help him, thinking of this, Zhao Feng must be in his heart, so he fell asleep.
In the early morning of the second day, Zhao Feng woke up from the dream and looked out the window, it was only the light of day, Zhao Feng remembered a strange dream, in the dream, he saw a giant toad squatting in the mire, looking up at the sky. "Why do you have such dreams?" Zhao Feng pondered for a long time but couldn't figure it out. Now that he had woken up, Zhao Feng washed up and prepared to go to the Xue Palace. And Old Man Zhao had already prepared breakfast, and while persuading Zhao Feng to eat more, he instilled some officialdom concepts with Zhao Feng, and Zhao Feng felt a little funny when he heard it, he was just a bachelor, and he still had a long way to go to be an official.
There is a way that people are happy and refreshed, Zhao Feng rushed to the Jiuyue School Palace, and felt that there was endless energy. The palace guards have now been replaced by a team of palace guards, and Zhao Feng has relied on his identity jade card, and the palace guards are not embarrassed.
As soon as he entered the treasure hall, Xia Bo's voice sounded in Zhao Feng's ears: "Boy, come to the attic." ”
Zhao Feng didn't dare to slack off, and a few longitudinal came to the attic.
In the attic, it was as quiet as ever, except for Xia Bo, who was drinking a little wine slowly.
Zhao Feng saw that the wine glass was empty, so he went up to fill it with wine and stood aside with his hands tied. After a long time, Xia Bo spoke: "Yesterday's incident, did you kid accident?" ”
Zhao Feng hurriedly asked: "Senior, is this what you call a turnaround?" ”
"Otherwise, what do you think?" Xia Bo glanced at him, and then continued: "You can just know this, don't tell others, the water in here is also very deep." ”
Of course Zhao Feng knew, but in his eyes, Xia Bo became more and more mysterious, this unfathomable monk, squatting in an attic all day long, but he knew everything about the things in the temple, wasn't it strange?
"Okay, just know, the Huang family and the school palace are immortal, this time they will take you to the thunder, I guess they can't think of it, this thing actually fulfilled you, now I'm afraid that the intestines are repentant, in fact, whether you kid succeeds or not, they will shake out the matter of the beacon fire. Now that you've become, that's fine, they've also shaken off a baggage. However, don't your tail, there are so many masters in this world, you have been rewarded, I'm afraid that someone will be red-eyed, this world, hey! ”
Zhao Feng hurriedly responded: "You can always see that this kid can be regarded as a blessing in disguise." ”
"A blessing in disguise? Hey, it's your strength, what is there to say? ”
Zhao Feng echoed it, but he wanted to speak and stopped.
Xia Bo glanced at him: "If you have something to say, let it go, how many times can you come back?" ”
"That's, that's it, the Gu poison in my body?"
Xia Bo said: "This matter is easy to say, the school palace will definitely be rewarded, you see the old immortal in the school palace, just tell him about the poison, he will definitely solve it for you, boy, I didn't treat you badly, right?" ”
Zhao Feng understood that this time, he was in danger, but it was indeed Xia Bo's plan, whether intentionally or unintentionally.
"That's, that's, kid daring, there's one more thing!"
"If you have something to say, if you have a fart, let it go!"
"Your old man is here all day long, and he is very angry, although I don't know why, but the kid dares to guess, your old man is also a last resort, now, the kid has a fiefdom, although it is not big, but there are also a few quiet mountains and forests, the kid is thinking, for you to open up a place to live there, it is better than living in this dark attic all day long, I don't know what you mean?"
Xia Bo was a little surprised, and then smiled a little angrily: "Okay, you kid, you have calculated to Lao Tzu's head, find yourself a bodyguard, right?" Forget it, the old man doesn't care about you, speaking of which, you also have a heart, it's not in vain for me to allocate it in the past few years, but it's hidden in the city, I don't want to leave this capital for the time being, there are some things, you don't know. ”
Zhao Feng knew that Xia Bo had always been true to his word, so he no longer persuaded him, but talked about what he had seen and heard about welcoming the temple messenger. Although Xia Bo was silent, his face was sneering, and he was obviously extremely disdainful of the people in the temple and the school palace.
After talking for a long time, Zhao Feng felt that it was not too early, so he got up and said goodbye. Before leaving, Zhao Feng knelt down in front of Xia Bo and kowtowed respectfully.
"Xia Bo, your old man has taken a lot of care of me, although I can't worship you as a teacher, but I already regard you as a teacher in my heart. On the other day, if you have commanded me, I will do my best. ”
Xia Bo didn't dodge, stood there and received a salute: "Hey, you kid is a persevering person, if you want to talk about it, I have also thought about accepting you as an old man, and now, hey, I can't help myself, accepting you as an apprentice will only hurt you." ”